Chapter 13 A Grand Scheme

Sima Shen did not expect that a mere Ascended Immortal would dare to look down on his master. Chen Taichu caught his thoughts and immediately sneered,

"You uncastrated slave, you think I'm insulting your master by looking down on him?"

The pressure of an Ascended Immortal descended, and Sima Shen's body was destroyed once again. He "died" again, but instantly resurrected from the void.

However, Sima Shen was not angry at all, but his face was full of smiles: "I was just thinking wildly, and accidentally angered you. It's my fault, my fault. I apologize to you here."

Chen Taichu snorted coldly: "The thoughts of you mortals are written all over your face, you can't hide them from us immortals. Besides, I am also close to the peak of Ascension. Half of the blood in my body has already turned into azure qi. If I really fight with the old Qin ghost behind you, he may not be my match!"

"Alright, let's get down to business."

In front of Sima Shen, Chen Taichu consumed the Qingzhu zhi Jin (Azure Candle Elixir). As the immortal medicine entered his throat, the ethereal aura on his body gradually diminished, proving that he could stay in this world for a longer time. At the same time, wisps of nameless black qi emerged from the void, but upon closer inspection, they were actually emanating from his body. These things were the Black Calamity Qi!

Originating in the Qin Dynasty, wreaking havoc in the Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang Dynasties, surfacing in the Two Song and Yuan-Ming Dynasties, and repeatedly manifesting and causing trouble in the history of the Southern Dynasties, even the demise of the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen Dynasties seemed to be inextricably linked to it!

"Black Calamity is an ominous aura of disaster, giving rise to events that defy the natural order."

Chen Taichu exhaled, and as these Black Calamity Qi flew out of his body, they dispersed and gradually turned into showers of blood. In an instant, immortal blood splattered across the hall. Sima Shen was stained with a lot of immortal blood, and his body disappeared the next moment, and he resurrected again in a daze.

However, the wraith warriors who came with him were not so lucky.

When the immortal blood fell on them, the wraith warriors immediately screamed. They were products of the alchemic arts of the Qin Dynasty, living people transformed into aggregations of resentment. These aggregations then turned into wraith warriors, thereby gaining the bizarre power of immortality, imperishability, and transformation at will.

However, the immortal blood transformed from Black Calamity could taint the wraith warriors. Sima Shen was just surprised when Chen Taichu said to him: "Don't panic. It's their good fortune to be tainted by my immortal blood."

"If they can withstand it, they will become celestial generals in the mortal realm, or fiendish demons who walk the world, possessing all kinds of incredible divine powers. But if they can't withstand it, all their resentment will return to nothingness, evolving into the power of newborn Black Calamity. Go touch it, maybe you can get some strange magic."

Sima Shen was amazed: "Black Calamity! These things are the legendary Black Calamity that has been causing trouble throughout the dynasties?!"

"They are those nameless resentments?"

Sima Shen only knew that the Qingzhu zhi Jin (Azure Candle Elixir) contained nameless resentments, but he didn't expect it to be this bizarre and ominous qi that has been circulating on this land since ancient times!

Chen Taichu smiled slightly: "Xu Fu doesn't know? That's right. How could someone like him, who is despised by both the mortal and immortal realms, know the origin of Black Calamity? He only calls it nameless resentment. After all, in his era, this kind of power was probably not that much."

"Didn't you say you were going to give me the Wu Wang immortal medicine? Then, to show my gratitude, after you return from here, bring a message to your master as well."

"Ask him if he wants to obtain this Black Calamity Qi? This ancient qi can allow your master to no longer suffer the pain of physical and spiritual decay!"

"Although in the eyes of the world, this ancient qi belongs to the evil qi, in fact, its origin is the source of the Heavenly Dao. As for more things, I can't reveal them to that old ghost."

"In the end, where does the distinction between good and evil come from? As long as it's useful!"

"He is a Fangshi (alchemist), he will know how to use these things! Consider this my deposit."

Chen Taichu glanced at Sima Shen, who pondered for a moment, and then bowed and saluted: "I will definitely convey the message completely to my master."

Chen Taichu nodded: "Then when can I get my Wu Wang medicine?"

Sima Shen: "About three days."

As he spoke, he stretched out three fingers, and Chen Taichu was a little surprised: "I wouldn't be surprised if you said thirty years, but three days? Are you sure you're not tricking me?"

"I'm being sincere. Your master better not be giving me empty promises."

Chen Taichu was a little skeptical, but Sima Shen smiled and said: "If my master says three days, then it must be three days. He has already calculated the time, when I will arrive here, when I will talk to you. He knows these general situations."

"That's true." Chen Taichu's eyes moved: "Before, he could glimpse the future, know my existence, and even know my current location, allowing you, a mortal, to find me accurately."

"So, after three days, who will deliver the divine medicine? Don't tell me it will fall from the sky."

Sima Shen: "The divine medicine is rare. After three days, the void will manifest the Dharma. At that time, you just need to follow the instructions shown by the Dharma."

Chen Taichu listened and temporarily stopped talking to him. The truth or falsehood of the other party's words had to be verified after three days. If they dared to deceive him, then they would surely be doomed.

At this time, Chen Taichu had also completely restored his corporeal form in the world, and his strength had "increased" a lot compared to before. He stretched out his hand and transformed a piece of raging flame.

"The Fire of the Five Virtues."

The theory of the Five Virtues, from beginning to end, originated from the Qin Dynasty yin-yang alchemists. Changing the virtues of the dynasty, creating unique five elements belonging only to this dynasty. This five-element power is different from ordinary five-element cultivation. This five-virtue practice can inherit the luck of the previous dynasty, but it will also be restrained by the five-virtue practice of the next dynasty.

Chen Taichu looked at the bright flame and issued a sincere joyful exclamation:

"Song is the virtue of fire, and Ming is also the virtue of fire. There is no dynasty with better compatibility than this, and there has never been a situation where the luck of the previous dynasty can devour the luck of the later dynasty."

Sima Shen did not understand, and even smiled: "The previous Yuan was the virtue of metal. Logically speaking, the virtue of fire should restrain it, but why did the Song court perish? So this thing is not as useful as you think."

Chen Taichu responded faintly: "You merchants really don't understand the changes of the five elements. The five elements not only have mutual restraint, but also mutual generation. And do you know that the Yuan court compiled three history books?"

"Song is the virtue of fire, Liao controls Song, which is the virtue of water; Jin destroys Liao, which is the virtue of earth. The Jingkang Incident, the virtue of fire generated the virtue of earth again; Yuan destroyed Jin, the virtue of earth generated the virtue of metal again."

"When the virtue of metal becomes powerful, it is like a treasure sword being smelted. The light within it has already become great. At this time, even the most fierce flame is only forging an unparalleled sword embryo. And this unparalleled treasure sword will eventually overturn the furnace that forged it."

"This is the timing, caused by the rotation of the five virtues."

"However, I have lived in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, raising demons and plundering the fire virtue of the Ming court. According to you, after three days, the Wu Wang medicine will appear. At that time, I will use this fire of the five virtues, and take that Samadhi divine medicine, and put it into the Azure Liver Crimson Blood, so that I can refine that immortal elixir."

Sima Shen: "My master only knows that if that elixir comes out, it will bring drastic changes to the world, but he doesn't know what this elixir is."

Chen Taichu smiled coldly: "What's the point of knowing so much? Do your own thing, don't inquire about things you shouldn't inquire about. This immortal elixir is not for you to eat, you can't bear this kind of heavenly luck."

"Don't worry, if there is extra, I will leave some for your master. As long as he sincerely helps me, I will not treat him badly."

After Chen Taichu finished speaking, he opened his mouth and spat out the Cave Light Pearl, and then clapped his hands. At this time, from the depths of the Jade Dragon Daoist Temple, someone was brought out, but it was a group of Daoist children, and no Daoists.

Sima Shen's eyes moved: "How can there be so many young Daoist children in the Jade Dragon Daoist Temple?"

The Daoist children looked pious, chanted Daoist scriptures, their voices were clear, their minds were also clear, and their faces were handsome. They looked completely like children of an immortal Daoist temple, but it made Sima Shen, this "immortal," feel a burst of terror.

Because in his eyes at this time, these Daoist children actually had some similarities with him. The aura was neither that of a living person nor that of a dead person. Although they had an ethereal and otherworldly aura, all kinds of expressions revealed a kind of non-human strangeness and indifference.

Just like puppets.

This is what the other party said at the beginning...flesh puppets?

"Do you think they are all my flesh puppets? How ridiculous, I, a dignified Ascended Immortal, would not bother to use such evil minor paths as refining puppets."

Chen Taichu saw the abnormality in Sima Shen's eyes, and very seriously corrected it.

"I just enlightened them. As the ancestor of the Daoist temple, how can I stop them from becoming immortals?"

At this time, Sima Shen heard that the scriptures recited by these Daoists seemed to have nothing wrong at first glance, but when he listened carefully, even if Sima Shen didn't understand these Daoist scriptures very well, he could hear some strangeness and incoherence in them, but they recited them very fluently.

"Are the scriptures recited by these Daoist children a little wrong?"

Sima Shen asked cautiously, squeezing out a smile. Chen Taichu said lightly:

"It's nothing, it's just the technique of Dao Heart Planting Demon. You also know that in order to produce the Wu Wang medicine, a large amount of wishes and popular support must be gathered. So I planted a wisp of qi in the bodies of every cultivator in this world. I am like a diligent farmer, taking care of my fields."

"All those with Dao hearts have a wisp of demonic qi... By the way, maybe there is also a demonic qi in the heart of you immortal."

"This demonic qi will turn into a demonic seed..."

Sima Shen smiled wryly: "You're joking with me again."

The smile on Chen Taichu's face gradually faded: "This is not a joke. Demonic qi comes and goes without a trace. They like to attach to the hearts of people like you who have great evil nature. They can quickly turn into demonic seeds, and then turn you into a true demon."

Chen Taichu's tone even had a hint of happiness.

"There are many kinds of demons. The demon kings of the Dao test in the sky are actually divine kings, and in the mortal Daoist sect, there are ten types of demons that block the Dao. The Buddhist sect also has many demons that destroy the Dharma."

"I sprinkle a piece of demonic seed, and after a few years, I can harvest a vast demonic sky."

"Then, ten thousand demons will lift it up, and sincerely recite it. In this way, a large amount of popular support and wishes will come, and even a demonic country on earth can be transformed, right there in the Phoenix Mountain Imperial Palace."

"In the Phoenix Mountain Imperial Palace, I raise many demons. And these demons are actually cultivators whose demonic seeds have been born in their Dao hearts. They can eat all kinds of magic spells, and they are not afraid of many demon-subduing techniques in the secular world. They have already become trial demons in half a step."

Sima Shen's mouth was dry, and his breathing slowed down a lot. He asked carefully: "Such a big, such a large-scale action, creating so many demons, is... for what?"

Chen Taichu gradually raised his head, his expression full of arrogance: "To take its luck, one must first disrupt its laws. The immortals and generals of my Longevity Palace will transform into trial demons. From then on, the laws of the outer world will all return to their original form."

"Then, the true enlightenment methods practiced by many cultivators here will eventually blossom and bear fruit. They can ascend and prove immortality, and take the first step to become semi-immortals."

What Chen Taichu wants to do is also simple.

The previous behavior of directly seizing the Forbidden City failed. The Fire Lord he controlled was too rash, and Zhao Xuanlang's incarnation was killed by the experts of the Ming court. All his efforts were in vain. Not only did he not get the Town God Sword, but he also lost the Jade Emperor's Divine Tablet.

This time, the behavior of seizing the national fortune of the Ming court is slightly cautious, but there must be no lack of atmosphere in the caution.

Before taking its luck, first change its laws!

Ming law in heaven, or Song law in heaven? The immortal officials of the Longevity Palace will become trial demons, and soon a large number of experts in the world will ascend and become... semi-immortals!

Exploiting loopholes, increasing a large number of immortal combat power in a short period of time, and promoting "righteous law", even Chen Taichu was self-moved by his identity as an "old farmer."

"As for the immortal elixir that I will refine after three days, it is not for people to eat, but for the heavens to eat, to reverse the luck of the heavens. This is a key step. I hope we don't stab each other in the back at the last moment."

"Last but not least, is to refine the spirit of the Silver Bottle Maiden, and take the Azure Liver Crimson Blood from it."

"She is a descendant of Yue Fei. After her death, a trace of her remaining soul drifted around and was gathered by the wishes of the people. Such an extremely loyal soul can condense the heart of Azure Liver Crimson Blood."

"Seeing that she has the ability to gather fame, and also feeling that she is also a person of my previous dynasty, receiving imperial grace, I drove the demons to build a temple for her. I originally wanted to raise her like this, but she repeatedly caused trouble, killing demons and subduing demons... In the past, I only regarded her as a small fight. As long as the Azure Liver Crimson Blood was in hand, she could kill those little demons if she wanted to, but I didn't expect that her strength has recently increased rapidly, and she has begun to kill the Yuanshen realm demons under my command."

"I originally thought of detaining her, although it would lose some popular support and wishes, but it is better than her continuing to kill those Yuanshen demons I raised. I didn't expect your master to bring me good news. So now, there is no need to continue to keep her. It is also time to refine her."