Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 519 - 507: Marquis of Wind, Rain Master, An Unexpected Encounter

Chapter 519: Chapter 507: Marquis of Wind, Rain Master, An Unexpected Encounter

"Sister Ruan!"

Wang Yuan couldn’t help but feel warmth in his heart. Sister Ruan truly treated him as a candidate for the "Corpse Dissection Immortal" that the Dou Department prepared for cultivation.

In his past life, he had experienced the struggle of forging his own path alone and after suffering many losses, he deeply understood how crucial it was to have a dedicated guide.

Just a little guidance at critical moments could save him from taking so many detours and prevent him from being senselessly battered and bruised.

It’s not that the gap in awareness between people is truly vast as heaven and earth.

Rather, the experience, vision, and access to information of a guide are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

At critical times, they can naturally make more appropriate choices.

In this Heavenly Gate where life could be taken at any moment, this was even more the case.

If he charged in blindly, treating every Heavenly Realm and every Heavenly Official the same without focusing on specifics,

he might end up not even knowing how he got killed.

Some enemies were destined from the very moment one stepped onto the path of cultivation.

"The ’Underground Master’ is undoubtedly a Daoist enemy, occupying the positions of ’supreme of the Ghost Path’ and ’Spirit and Body Unification’. I must eliminate him before my promotion to Purple Seal,"

of all the Heavenly Officials I know.

"The ’Fangzhang Corpse King’, also known as ’Corpse Forest Master’, is the most direct practitioner on the same path as me, his power mainly lies in corpse manipulation, which also encompasses the Ghost Path,"

"White Bone Path, Blood River Dao, Netherworld Path – the Ghost Path accounts for about one-third of his powers."

"The ’Mud Saint’ is a bit further away, but barely counts as strongly related. If He desires the more complex strength of the ’Fangzhang Corpse King’, He will certainly also covet me, a pure practitioner of the Ghost Path."

"Moreover, I should be careful not just for myself; I should also identify all of Sister’s fellow practitioners during this journey to the heavens,

so she doesn’t suffer losses next time she comes here.

Based on the ’Taiyin Moonlight Technique’, those that will confront it directly are ’Taiyin’ and ’Dream Realm’.

Paths that could be compatible include ’Sun’ and ’Reproduction and Regeneration’."

With this thought, Wang Yuan subconsciously looked up at the sky hidden behind the auspicious clouds.

Because he suddenly realized.

Peach God Tao’s ’West King Holy Mother’ presided over ’Reproduction and Regeneration’, No-Life Dao’s ’No-Life Buddha’ represented ’Sun’.

Heavenly Eye Dao’s ’Hundred-Eyed Spirit Official’ embodied both ’Yellow Millet Dream’ and ’Three Fates Five Stars’."

Just now, the Great Fate explained, together with ’Yellow Heaven Righteous Dao’s’ ’Huang Qiu Lord’, they form a loosely structured and non-aggressive Yellow Heaven Divine System,

one of the three powerful factions within the Heavenly Officials, vying for power.

If ’Underground Master’, that deadliest enemy, were added, it seems like all my current enemies are accounted for.

When Wang Yuan upgraded his knowledge, he unexpectedly discovered this detail which he had previously overlooked.

After a moment of reflection, he immediately used the mouth of the avatar of Taibai in Long Bo Country, which was still within their reach, to send a preemptive warning to Huang Wu.

He explained the situations faced by Purple Seal Immortals and shared his own discoveries.

He specifically cautioned,

"Sister, since you previously confirmed traces of the No-Life Buddha in the dreams of Ancient Corpses and related Him to the deaths of three people,

remember to try using the ’Calamity Butterfly’ to search for information on the ’West King Holy Mother’ and the ’Hundred-Eyed Spirit Official’ during your Dream Realm explorations.

See if they have left traces in the dreams of other Ancient Corpses.

Perhaps the way to diffuse this ticking time bomb lies within them."

"Alright, leave it to me,"

As they spoke, the auspicious cloud under their feet had already carried Wang Yuan and the Great Fate through a "Wind and Rain Hall" and into another ’Immortal Heaven’.

It was like the ’Nine Heavens Cloud Realm’ that stands aloft above the Heavenly Gate, resembling the Heavenly Palace,

but in reality, it was a massive formation constructed using the ’Immortal Heavens’ of numerous ’Corpse Dissection Immortals’ as keystones, linked together to form an outer heaven stronghold.

Though named Nine Heavens, it doesn’t imply there are precisely nine ’Immortal Heavens’; just as with the Thirty-Three Heavens, the name is metaphorical.

Below the ’Corpse Dissection Immortals’, no one knows exactly how many layers it actually consists of,

nor how many layers come from living ’Corpse Dissection Immortals’ or from the countless sacrifices consumed over thousands of years.

The only public knowledge is that there are east, west, south, and north four gates, directly facing the front lines of the Thirty-Three Heavens, of which the ’Great Red Heaven Realm’ belongs to ’Taishang’."

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

In the depths of this immortal heaven, misty rain blurs the view, accompanied by a gentle breeze and light rain.

Layer upon layer of massive cloud seas form the land, upon which innumerable pavilions and towers are meticulously arranged.

Below lies an endless ocean, where the shadows of enormous dragons of various colors can be faintly seen swimming freely, and deep beneath the water surface, there appear to be magnificent crystal palaces.

After notifying the master of this place in advance, the two of them went straight to the cloud sea at the very center.

Although Great Fate was old enough to be Wang Yuan’s ancestor, he now acted like a real elder sister, reaching out to help adjust Wang Yuan’s collar.

"This month, I, Victorious Fighting King, and Cloud Lord are in charge of guarding the South Heavenly Gate.

The master of this Cloud Heaven Realm, Yushiqie, and her Taoist friend, Marquis of Wind, are responsible for patrolling, it’s the perfect opportunity to introduce you and get you acquainted.

As for the others, they’re all in closed-door cultivation, I’ll introduce them to you another day."

Great Fate was becoming increasingly pleased with his capable subordinate, proud to take him out to meet others.

No, he was overjoyed.

Having shattered the Nine Soldiers cultivation record and rapidly risen to become Sage Zhuan’s Longevity Seed before even twenty years of age—had he picked up a great deal?

Which of them wouldn’t be envious?

Indeed, a woman who loves to smile always seems to carry good luck, hehehe...

Soon, Wang Yuan met the real bodies of the two Corpse Dissection Immortals in a palace built as if from crystal, figures whose names he had only heard of in the past.

Though they had concealed the Dharma Light around them and sat on cloud beds looking like normal people, far less terrifying than Hundred-Eyed Spirit Official and Black Taisui just now,

when Wang Yuan paid his respects, he could still sense a power within them, surging like raging waves.

"No need for formalities, Taibai. Your little concubine, Turbid River Dragon King, is from my Stepping Rain and Rising Department—we’re all one family."

Yushiqie, though beautiful, was not astonishingly so; she was tall with slightly dark skin, a healthy wheat color.

Each of her hands was wrapped around a snake, and she also wore a snake as decoration on each ear, a blue one on the left ear and a red one on the right.

She was the head of the Stepping Rain and Rising Department, in charge of clouds and rain, but which Daoist Skill she practiced was unknown.

Those from Long Bo Country, who are half-human and half-dragon, originated from her immortal heaven.

Marquis of Wind, seated next to her, was even less impressive-looking, with a dull complexion, resembling an old farmer if he were placed among common folk.

He controlled wind and plague and was the head of the Plague Department.

Medical texts consider diseases to be largely due to the invasion of wind into the body, which is then spread by the wind. Hence in mythology, the god of wind naturally also became one of the gods controlling plague.

In "Heavenly Inquiry," it asks: "Where is Marquis of Wind? Where lies the comfort of qi?" Thus, he is both the god of wind and a plague ghost.

This pair of rare True Immortal Taoist friends seemed not very talkative. After offering a few words of encouragement to Wang Yuan, they had someone take him around the Cloud Heaven Realm.

Great Fate’s avatar left early.

Wang Yuan then received their gift for nurturing the younger generation—a talisman inscribed with "Small Cloud Rain Technique"—and found a pavilion in this immortal heaven to study this treasure.

At first glance, "Small Cloud Rain Technique" is a universal Dharma Sect used to implement a Cloud Prohibition and control the weather.

In fact, "cloud rain" implies—just as the name suggests—that, when practiced proficiently, it also greatly benefits the cultivation between Taoist friends.

It’s a good thing for both Wang Yuan and Huang Wu, as well as Qingyan and Long Shao.

The talisman could even command the water element, borrowing the power of Immortals, making it a Divine Artifact wherever fitting.

However, he had looked for a long time and couldn’t find any flaws in this extremely rare pair of longevity Taoist friends.

But because Great Fate had said that there was no similar route conflict among Corpse Dissection Immortals, he subconsciously had a premonition that at least one of the two Corpse Dissection Immortals might be an avatar.

"Could it be... capable of both offense and defense?"

Wang Yuan had a strange look on his face, inadvertently thinking of himself.

Just then, a crisp voice called out from behind:

"Hey, I’m talking to you. Where did you come from? Have we met before?"

Turning around, he saw a Long Bo girl about fourteen or fifteen years old, with horns on her head and an innocent radiance, standing behind him.

Behind her was a Long Bo boy who resembled the girl to some extent, but with a somewhat sour face, looking at him warily.

Clearly, they were Heavenly People living in this immortal heaven.

Seeing them stirred something in Wang Yuan’s heart.

"Who are you...?"