Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 365 - 362: Midnight Mysterious Knocking, Chance Encounter with Monk Wu Hua

Chapter 365: 362: Midnight Mysterious Knocking, Chance Encounter with Monk Wu Hua

Seeing Gao Jisheng restored to his original human form, Wang Yuan finally sighed with relief and released the seal he had been holding in his hand.

"At last, we have pulled back this talented and virtuous person, just a moment away from having to slay demons and deceit monsters."

The first time Wang Yuan used the "Harmonizing Yin and Yang," he harnessed a higher level of heavenly perspective to discern some truths of this world.

In heaven, underground, in the seas, countless tiny "Qi Roots" floated endlessly.

You could see their ends, but not where they came from.

Wherever these "Qi Roots" fell, that place became activated.

The raging thunderclouds, the giggling winds, the cold, merciless waves...

Everything in this world was endowed with its own emotions by them, becoming more and more like a living entity.

These were the subtle forces from the "Killing Tree," sneaking in through the Heavenly Gate, gradually transforming this world in an imperceptible way.

And, just like the omnipresent "Deceit" on the ground, these "Qi Roots" favored humans and sentient beings the most.

They mostly pursued various human misfortunes and sufferings incessantly.

Birth suffering, aging suffering, sickness suffering, death suffering, frustration in meetings, sorrow of separations, unfulfilled desires, overwhelming aggregates of suffering—wherever emotions were more intense, they would extend there.

Once they caught up with the sources of those intense emotions, they gradually degenerated into demons and deceit monsters, eventually becoming entirely selfless "Deceit."

Especially for someone like Gao Jisheng, who possessed the "Killing Wolf Formation," he was considered a rare feast for the "Killing Tree."

It was also luck that they managed to pull him back just as signs were starting to show.

It was the collective luck of this master and apprentice!

After they had introduced each other, Gao Jisheng kowtowed three times to Huang Wu in deep gratitude for saving his life earlier.

Wang Yuan then helped him to stand up.

His fingertips circulated with the Earthly Que Magic Light, and he swiftly wrote a "Lord Yama Decree."

With a wave of his hand, he opened a tall "Ghost Gate" and sent this "Lord Yama Decree," along with the four family members of Gao Jisheng, into the Yin Department.

Seeing that his second disciple was somewhat reluctant to part with his family, Wang Yuan gently reassured him:

"Your parents and elder brothers have always been kind to others in life, their ’Yin Morality’ far exceeds their ’Debt.’"

"After the trial in the Yin Department, they will definitely be able to be reborn as humans, perhaps even into wealthy families.

Your master may not have many skills, but a single ’Lord Yama Decree’ is enough to ensure they have a good place before their reincarnation.

In a few years, when it’s their turn to be reborn, perhaps this tumultuous world will have settled into peace.

At that time, if you wish, you can meet them again."

Actually, Wang Yuan’s parents, who had died sixteen years ago, were no different.

With their accomplishments in delaying the achievement of a deceit immortal by the "Owl God Tomb" for fifteen years, they were bound to enter one of the Three Good Paths after reincarnation.

He just temporarily didn’t know where exactly they were now.

More importantly, after their memories of the previous life were cleansed, they were no longer their original selves.

Wang Yuan himself had not yet decided whether he wanted to find them in the future, and if he did find them, how he should feel about them.

Dismissing the momentary flurry of wild thoughts in his mind, Wang Yuan turned to his second disciple and asked:

"Alright, your most important task now is to gain the power to perform good deeds and sweep through heaven and earth.

Tell me what kind of Taoist skill you would like to learn."

Gao Jisheng put away the sadness on his face, his expression became serious, and he decisively said to his master:

"Of course, the strongest Taoist skill!"

Wang Yuan pondered briefly:

"Very well, now there happens to be someone whose tail you can follow across the river."

...

The time quickly reached midnight.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

At the perimeter of Gao Manor, a household’s courtyard door was suddenly knocked upon.

After a brief pause, three more knocks followed, then another set of three.

Strangely, this jarring knocking sound echoed only within the small courtyard, completely inaudible to the neighboring houses.

After a long time, finally a man, clad in his clothes, approached the door and timidly asked:

"Who is it? Who’s outside at this late hour?!"

He clearly behaved like someone who had done many guilty deeds.

Especially the chilling wolf howl that came from the northern hillside at dusk, which had left him uneasy and sleepless until now.

The man called out twice but received no response, carefully peering through the crack in the door to look outside.

He found himself face-to-face with a pair of pitch-black ghostly eyes also peering in from the other side of the crack!

Moreover, in these ghost eyes, there appeared to be three jet-black pupils—each seemingly inscribed with two small characters.

In the moment of eye contact between man and ghost, one of the three pupils suddenly enlarged.

The terrified man could see clearly it said "Beast"!

The next moment, his consciousness was completely swallowed by the black hole.

When the woman inside the house felt that her husband had been gone for too long, she, trembling with fear, grabbed a stick used for beating clothes and went out to check.

She found her husband on all fours, grunting like a pig, eagerly gnawing at the yellowing gourd vines in the courtyard.

At the same time, in several neighboring houses, sounds of sheep bleating, dogs barking, and chickens crowing followed one after another...

Then, this bizarre abnormality, like a death knell, spread like a virus throughout the entire village.

It seemed that in an instant, the whole village had been dragged into the "Beast Dao"!

Hearing the noise in the village, Wang Yuan, who was sitting with Huang Wu on a crooked tree on the north slope, gently clapped his hands and sincerely praised,

"Indeed worthy of the ’Killing Wolf’, this younger brother is far more talented than the older brother Bo’an.

Just using a half night, he managed to apply the ’Six Paths of Reincarnation Technique’ quite skillfully. It seems that after his first reincarnation, he should be able to receive the talisman and enter the enlightenment."\

The Yin Mountain Taoist skill he taught to Gao Jisheng was evidently the ’Six Paths of Reincarnation Technique’ Emperor Mu practiced.

This is also the highest-level Earth Department Taoist skill in the ’Small Book of Life and Death’, aside from the ’Heavenly Department Taoist Skill - Earthly Que Golden Book’.

It was even slightly better than the ’Taiyin Moonlight Technique’ practiced by Huang Wu.

All beings in the world, by performing good or evil deeds, receive retributions that lead to one of six realms: the "Six Paths".

Three good paths: Heavenly People Path, Mortal World Path, Asura Path; three evil paths: Hell Path, Starving Ghost Dao, Beast Dao.

If one practices this technique, one enables the magician to rebirth freely among the six paths without going through the Yin Department and keeping their own memory.

One can be reborn into a baby or into a dying adult.

Using life after life to accumulate merit.

With each reincarnation, one’s Taoist ability and talents grow stronger.

And after the initiation, the core ’Divine Power Skill’ to awaken is the ’Six Paths of Reincarnation’, performed with heterochromatic eyes.

Each eye contains three pupils, each corresponding to three paths of reincarnation, the left eye to the three evil paths, the right eye to the three good paths.

It can pull an opponent’s consciousness into an illusory Six Paths of Reincarnation, experiencing the suffering of the six paths. The heavier the karmic debt, the harsher the suffering.

If one cannot escape in time, it may lead to a mental breakdown, and even if one finally emerges, they may become a madman with a disturbed mind.

And once the cultivator personally experiences the hardships of each path, they gain the strange abilities endowed by each path.

For example: mastering the Asura Path would significantly enhance physical strength, transforming into the fiercest warrior;

Mastering the Beast Dao, would achieve proficiency in various beast languages, commanding all kinds of wild beasts and spiritual beasts;

Mastering the Starving Ghost Dao, would gain control over all abilities of fierce ghosts including various invisibility spells, ghost covering eyes, illusion techniques, spells, dream entry, possession, and ghost fire...

However, in reference to King Mu of Zhou, who had the ’Emperor Mu Story’ inscribed in the Taoyuan Mysterious Realm,

The ’Six Paths of Reincarnation Technique’ is also the type of Yin Mountain Taoist skill most prone to mutation and getting lost.

A cultivator could easily cloud their true spirit and completely lose themselves among different identities, forgetting their true self and existing as if they were dead.

Therefore, it is imperative to strictly adhere to the core precepts and taboos:

"When practicing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Technique and undergoing continuous rebirth,

one must firmly remember their original name, and the most significant events and turning points in life, steadfastly anchoring to the first life!

Not only must one remember oneself, but they must also make the world remember their name. The more people remember, and the wider the range, the better the anchoring effect.

Once one forgets their original self, their Taoist technique collapses, and life and death are indescribable!"

Gao Jisheng, unlike Emperor Mu, did not have the extraordinary conditions of having every major event recorded by historians, naturally integrating into the history of the human path.

Even.

Though two thousand and six hundred years have passed, he himself had been completely devoured by the West King Holy Mother.

Yet, the touching myth of their "love" still circulates among the living.

It looks like it will continue to be passed down.

So now, although Gao Jisheng hates his fellow sect members to the bone, he also cannot indulge in momentary satisfaction and cleanly kill all his enemies.

Instead, under Wang Yuan’s meticulous arrangement, he orchestrates a shockingly gruesome "Gao Manor Massacre" to warn the wicked and treacherous in the world.

Also binding the long-circulated proverb "If you don’t do guilty deeds, you won’t fear ghosts knocking on your door" firmly with the name "Gao Jisheng."

Whenever someone mentions this phrase, they will remember the protagonist of the incident— "Knocking Ghost" Gao Jisheng!

Ensuring that he will not need to worry about getting lost for at least the next several decades.

At this moment.

Although Gao Jisheng’s Taoism had just begun, for a fierce ghost dealing with ordinary mortals, there was no difficulty whatsoever.

Moreover, these villagers of Gao Village all owed him a great debt, perfectly in line with the ’Six Paths of Reincarnation Technique’s principle of assigning destinations based on karmic retribution.

However, just as the plan was progressing smoothly.

In the western night sky, a gold streak of light that had been flying high-speed from south to north suddenly paused, then turned toward Gao Manor.

A thunderous voice exploded overhead:

"How dare you! What demon dares to cause trouble in front of Monk Wu Hua?

Eat my divine power! Om Mani Padme Hum!"