Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 379 - 376: Yin Soldiers Borrowing Path, Taiyin Refining Form

Chapter 379: Chapter 376: Yin Soldiers Borrowing Path, Taiyin Refining Form

In the midst of a storm of blood and gore.

In the blink of an eye, another three days had slipped by unnoticed.

Seventy miles west of Yunjing City.

Under the shroud of twilight, on a small path winding through the woods.

A young man clad in coarse clothing lay across the ground, his bloody chest cavity completely torn open, with his heart, liver, and lungs missing.

His face still bore traces of astonishment and disbelief.

Perched atop him was a small monkey, still wearing a collar, fervently nibbling on a... fresh human heart.

This little monkey, however, peculiarly bore a human face, a face as if it had been scorched by fire, now utterly disfigured!

Bathed in the sunset, its eyes brimmed with irritability and ferocity, as though it were an evil ghost wearing a monkey’s skin.

It was quite evident.

Even after days of bloody battles fought by the Imperial Dragon Guard and the three hundred and twenty-eight monks from the Buddhist temples, taking a breather.

The momentum of these demons and ghosts not only hadn’t been suppressed but had instead progressively worsened—reaching the point where they killed people outright in broad daylight, when the yang energy was abundant.

Moreover, the "Six Desires Mind-Chaos Kill" continuously spread by various demons also led to the constant emergence of new deceits locally.

Although most were not strong, their near-endless numbers further dispersed the forces of the righteous path.

This pair here seemed to be an unfortunate monkey performer and the monkey he had raised.

After the monkey grew unwilling to be played with by humans,

it turned to the "Six Desires Mind-Chaos Kill" for help, managed to turn against its master, transformed into a man-eating demon, and now rode atop a human head instead.

If left unchecked, this small monkey might gather its kind, infect and assimilate them, potentially leading to a rise of the monkey race.

Squeak—!

The Ghost Monkey, previously savoring its meal, suddenly turned its head towards the direction of the path.

A cold white fog spread rapidly, carrying the sounds of clashing armor just reaching its ears.

The Ghost Monkey was then engulfed by the white fog, its scream abruptly cut off.

When the shadowy fog, mixed with the noise of armor, drifted by, all that remained on the spot was a withered skeleton that collapsed to the ground, shattering into fine dust.

This is... Yin Soldiers Borrowing Path!

In other areas nearby Yunjing City, there are dozens of Yin Soldiers that could open the Yin Road at will.

They were also collaborating with the Imperial Dragon Guard and those friendly to the Righteous Path’s side doors, enacting scenes of "Yin Soldiers Borrowing Path."

Two avatars, Ghost General Lingxiao, Xin Xiaowei, Foodie, and others... had all been dispatched by Wang Yuan.

Under the same dusk.

Within the Cloud Tower Ghost Market, a secluded area not open to the public, composed of the sea, small islands, and beautifully crafted pavilions and towers—formed a perfect nest of comfort.

This was what remained of the Falling Pearl Small Realm.

As summer deepened, Huang Wu, dressed only in a thin black veil, lazily leaned against Wang Yuan’s embrace, a silver-gray butterfly gently fluttering its wings at her temple.

Watching the scenes transmitted back through dozens of mirrors in front of her, she sighed softly,

"It’s a pity that adding those monks and our Yin Soldiers still only treats the symptoms, not the root cause."

Using Daoist Skills "Moon in the Water and Flower in the Mirror" and "Calamity Butterfly," she linked the nearby public dreams of Yunjing City, serving as both the information hub and command center.

Helping Wang Yuan’s body deploy forces in real-time and track the battle situation.

Unfortunately, unlike in Beimang Mountain, where they could plot comfortably and play both major sects against each other to their benefit,

now in this unfamiliar territory, they inevitably fell into the pace of the local strongholds, being passive everywhere.

While Yunjing City enjoyed peace and prosperity, the surrounding areas became more chaotic by the day.

Huang Wu, having been by Wang Yuan’s side for such a long time, hadn’t felt this level of frantic desperation and exhaustion in ages.

During this time, the Tribulation Energy above Wang Yuan’s head continued to gather densely.

Although a great crisis also signifies a great opportunity, and he should immediately ascend after surpassing it—

completely refining the "Small Book of Life and Death" into his own Lifebound Magic Treasure, advancing to the second realm of Yellow Seal—the "Earth Essence" realm!

Incidentally, properly assuming the position of Yang World Yama with the "Power·Commander City God," he would fully take control of the City God system across the entire Yu State in Jiuzhou.

Laying a perfect groundwork for his Big Cousin’s future conquests,

However, the ominous situation made both Wang Yuan and Huang Wu feel extremely apprehensive.

It felt as though they had returned to the precarious days back in Daling Village.

Though they didn’t know what specific form this Tribulation would take,

from the mere words "Five Virtues," one could deduce that the temporary calm at the center of the storm—Yunjing City—was bound to see deaths.

Many, many deaths!

They even suspected that the current widespread demonic chaos on the outskirts might be the prelude to a large-scale "Killing Banquet,"

fostering pain, sorrow, fear, despair... and other negative emotions around Yunjing City, preparing for some mysterious ritual.

Now, their task was to find every possible way to preemptively dissipate some of the tribulation energy, doing everything in their power to reduce the intensity of the forthcoming Tribulation!

Huang Wu looked at the fleeting image of Xin Xiaowei in a certain mirror and suddenly remembered something:

"Right, didn’t we just acquire a ’Treasure Coin’? Why haven’t you taken it out to give it a try?

How about organizing an execution squad to specifically hunt down the higher-ups of the ’No-Life Dao’ and the ’Six Desires Mortal Path’?

Shouldn’t that Deceit Object be extremely restraining towards the Lifebound Magic Treasures of those in the Earth Essence realm?"

Huang Wu hadn’t mentioned it; things would have been fine, but at the mention of the ’Treasure Coin’, Wang Yuan was infuriated.

After the ’Treasure Coin’ had been polished by the Enlightenment Immortal Light dozens of times, it finally became fully purified and revealed detailed information.

Biography: The Evil Monk harbored deep obsession over his mother’s death, blaming ’Buddha’ and ’wealth.’

Eventually, under the power of the Poverty God, it completely took shape.

Ability: Treasure Falling!

Used covertly, this object can make someone else lose an item of treasure 100% of the time;

or, when used face-to-face, cause the other party to lose control of a specified "Deceit Object" or "Magic Treasure."

The limit is the Earth Essence realm, and it can only control one item at a time.

Taboo: Wealth Grudge! If the holder has more wealth than the opponent, a treasure on their person will also become ineffective while using this ability.

If the holder’s wealth is twice that of the opponent, two of their own treasures will become ineffective, and so on.

Once the wealth is ten times that of the opponent, all treasures under the "Earth Essence" level will become ineffective and continually be lost.

Wealthy individuals use this treasure with caution! Wealthy individuals use this treasure with caution!...

Note: Having a servant use it instead will not change the outcome, don’t be opportunistic.]

While naturally very useful, if used properly, disabling a Magic Treasure of an Earth Essence realm Mage is not a problem at all.

But upon seeing the latter’s ’Taboos’.

Old Master Wang’s face stretched longer than even a Deer Spirit’s ’Easy to Nourish,’ nearly bending his nose out of shape.

Rich people? Ha, you might as well write my name directly.

Don’t see Old Master Wang as just a mere Dharma Body realm, but as a seasoned Thief, he has stolen from the Luoyang Royal Mansion to Prime Minister Xue’s residence, and from there to Penglai Mountain.

He pilfered all treasures of the Green Seal Strange Immortal, Emperor Mu, from abroad and exceptionally tapped into one of the world’s seventy-two Blessed Lands, the Beimang Mountain Blessed Land.

If talking about wealth alone, let alone a fellow Yellow Seal Mage, most Green Seal Sages are far beyond comparison.

For him to use this Deceit Object is truly to harm the enemy a thousand and self ten thousand.

According to the requirements of using ’Treasure Coin,’ probably only a completely destitute person could be immune to its adverse effects.

Wang Yuan pondered over and over again.

He could only out of sight, out of mind, reluctantly returned it to Xin Xiaowei’s hands.

This allowed her to contend with an Earth Essence realm Mage even without the support of Daoist Soldiers.

Ultimately, it was not a wasted effort.

Moving past this displeasing subject, Wang Yuan continued, saying:

"’Calamity’ has yet to show any signs, hunting the upper echelons at this time would unleash more trouble without great benefit, as the source of ’Six Desires Heart-Chaos Kill’ is hard to cut off.

However, I now have thought of another method."

Huang Wu was all ears, but suddenly her cheeks flushed with a rosy glow.

She gently slapped the hand that was quietly slipping into her robe, playing tricks, and with her tender white fingertips tapped Wang Yuan’s forehead, glaring at him reprovingly:

"’Calamity’ is drawing increasingly near, and you’re not in a hurry to reduce the tribulation energy, but instead thinking of mischiefs in broad daylight!"

Wang Yuan withdrew his hand, chagrined.

"Haha, I couldn’t help myself, I couldn’t help myself."

These past days, he had already sensed something amiss with himself.

Although he agreed with the saying ’lust and appetite are natural,’ he could still discern priorities.

But the desires in his heart were uncontrollably growing stronger and more intense.

’See’: visual desire, coveting beautiful sights and rare treasures; ’Listen’: auditory desire, coveting beautiful sounds and praise; ’Smell’: olfactory desire, coveting fragrances; ’Taste’: gustatory desire, coveting delicious food;

’Touch’: tactile desire, coveting comfortable luxuries; ’Mind’: mental desire, coveting beauty, fame, wealth, and love.

These ’Six Desires’ found perfect integration in the increasingly radiant and alluring Huang Wu.

Following the ancestral wisdom of ’it’s easier to divert than to block’, Wang Yuan diligently practiced the ’Yin Yang Bright Method’ night after night with Huang Wu.

Although it was completely useless in solving the problem on his body, it accidentally provided a potential way to break through the current predicament!

Looking at Huang Wu with a slight smile:

"Sister, hard-working people like us always have good luck. Last night during our diligent cultivation, you already reached the limit of the Yin God realm.

Now with the perfect alignment of time, location, and people, why don’t you take advantage of the unprecedented majestic Dragon Energy of Yunjing City, along with countless demons as nourishment,

to break through the Yellow Seal via ’Ritual Taiyin Refining’?"

Huang Wu’s eyes lit up:

"Are you saying....?"