Chapter 444: Taoism Book

“It’s hateful. That shopkeeper Qian is really hateful. He actually asked for a longevity pill for a Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron. If I had known this, I would not have come here to patronize his business. I don’t believe that I can’t buy a better Taoist tool with money these days. It’s too easy. You are too generous. You just give him a treasure like the longevity pill without asking. You might as well leave him alone for a few days to whet his appetite.”

As soon as he walked out of Duobao Tower, the bald Taoist started complaining.

He was used to being poor, and seeing Li Yi being ripped off like this made him feel heartbroken, as if this longevity pill had been given away from him.

Li Yi, however, looked calm and unmoved: “No matter how good the Shouyuan Pill is, it is not as important as improving my own strength. What Manager Qian of Duobao Tower said is right. We can exchange things for each other and get what we need. But I am interested in the second Taoist weapon, but Manager Qian asked me to come back in three months, saying that the Taoist weapon is not in the Taoist Court, but far away. It will take some time to transport it back, but I can’t wait for three months.”

“Forget it. It’s worth it to get 108 high-quality magic tools and one top-level Taoist tool. Let’s go to the Taoist Library and buy some spells. Then everything will be ready. We can leave the Taoist Court tomorrow.”

“Shopkeeper Qian wants to raise the price after making a profit. Taiyi, you can’t indulge him. With the money, you can go to Baoting to buy it.” said the bald Taoist.

Li Yi smiled and thought it made sense.

Now he has many magic weapons in his hands, and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. If he can bring a few masters of the Three Flowers Realm with him and go back to Earth this time, he would like to see what the Taixianweng can do to him. He had no backing before, but now he has to find one, otherwise he will always be bullied.

Afterwards, the two went to the Taoist Temple.

The shopkeeper of the Taoist Canon was very enthusiastic. When he heard that Li Yi wanted to buy Taoist magic, he took out several thick booklets without saying a word.

“All the Taoist arts collected in the Taoist Canon Building over the years are here, including everything big and small. One spiritual stone per book, no credit.”

Li Yi checked the goods, opened the Taoist book, and saw a wall-walking technique. With the help of Xiang Xiangzi’s soul flower, he quickly understood the secret. He pinched his hands and performed the magic formula and really passed through the wall. It was very magical.

“These spells are genuine, but casting them consumes magic power. Without magic power, these spells become decorations. The Daozang Tower collects the spells in the Taoist temple and compiles them into a book in order to revive spiritual energy in the future so that Taoism can continue. It can also be regarded as a good deed for future generations.” The owner of the Daozang Tower said with emotion.

“I’ll buy all of these.” Li Yi didn’t waste any words. He just threw out a spirit stone and packed everything up and took it away.

Compared with magical instruments, there is no preservation cost after the Taoist arts are compiled, and after Li Yi buys them, the Taoist Canon Building can continue to print new volumes, so the price is very low.

But to Li Yi, these Taoist techniques are worth a fortune.

“The art of walking through walls, escaping underground, and becoming invisible are all minor techniques. Aren’t there any truly top-notch Taoist techniques?” The bald Taoist was very dissatisfied. In his view, these techniques were all tricks. They could fool ordinary people, but to him, they were not real Taoist techniques. Because they were cheap, he didn’t say anything.

After all, compiling these is indeed time-consuming and laborious.

“The top Taoist method, Taoist priest, do you mean?” the shopkeeper asked.

The bald Taoist said, “For example, five-colored divine light, turning stone into gold, picking stars and taking the moon, etc.?”

“Master, you are joking. Each of these spells you mentioned is enough to be the inherited Taoist magic of the top sects. Even in the Dharma Ending Age, how could anyone sell my small Taoist temple for a few kilograms of rice?” The shopkeeper shook his head and laughed, indicating that he did not have these things.

Even if there are, they can’t afford to buy them.

“Oh, that’s such a pity.” The bald Taoist looked regretful.

But he also understands.

It is understandable for people who practice Taoism to sell Taoist instruments. After all, it is normal to sell some family property in order to make a living. However, this kind of top-notch Taoist method is related to the Taoist tradition. If it is sold, it would be a betrayal of the master and ancestors, and the person will be struck by lightning.

“It’s great that Senior Bald has obtained so many Taoist skills.” Li Yi said with a smile: “Let’s go back to Zuixianlou. We still have to go to Baozhou tomorrow to have a look.”

“Well, the opportunity in Daoting is over. Let’s try our luck in Baoting again. I have heard before that after the end of the Dharma, all the cultivators from the overseas fairy islands gathered in Baoting. Now so many years have passed and I don’t know what the situation in Baoting is like.” The bald Taoist nodded.

After saying that, he no longer insisted. After all, Li Yi had already inherited three sects, and the rest was just icing on the cake.

After Li Yi sent the bald Taoist back to Zuixian Tower, he found a quiet place to study the Taoist magic book. He felt that some small spells were very practical, such as the art of building a house. All he had to do was cast a spell, and the mud on the ground would gather and take shape into a small house. If he added some magic power, the mud house could be turned into a stone house, which would be sturdy and durable and would stand for hundreds of years.

If one learns it well, one can cast a spell and even build a city in one go.

How can such a spell be said to be useless?

For example, after performing the cleansing technique, all the dirt on the body is removed, and the whole body is clean and tidy without the need to take a bath.

Another example is the art of entering dreams, which is somewhat similar to the method of sending dreams in all over the world, but it is more subtle. All you need is a strand of hair from the person who sent the dream, or something you carry with you, to enter the person’s dream regardless of distance. Of course, the prerequisite is that the caster must be asleep, otherwise the spell will be useless.

He was very excited at the moment and kept studying and learning some of the small spells to make up for some of his shortcomings.

“It’s a good decision to come to the cultivation world. If I were in another world, it would be impossible for me to obtain so many Taoist skills with my strength.” Li Yi thought to himself, “But the spiritual energy here is exhausted, and Taoism is worthless. There are so many spells, thousands in total, but they only require one spirit stone.”

Of course, not all Taoist magic is useful, and there are many useless spells.

For example, Li Yi cannot use aphrodisiac techniques.

The time spent studying spells passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was already noon of the next day. If it weren’t for the reminder from his intelligent brain, Lan Ji, he would have almost wasted time.

Closing the book of Taoist magic, Li Yi put it into the five-color bracelet. He sighed and felt deeply the exquisiteness of Taoist magic. This is the foundation of a world.

You have to know that in the past few years, the only thing that Earth has developed is a witnessing technique, which is totally incomparable.

“Tengyun.”

Li Yi stood up and cast a spell. A cloud of auspiciousness lifted him up into the air and he flew directly to Zuixian Tower.

At this moment, inside Zuixian Tower, more than a hundred people of various kinds have been waiting for a long time. Of course, there are not so many real masters. Most of them are masters with their apprentices, apprentices with their wives, and even families with them.

However, three familiar people, the bald Taoist priest, Taoist Wu, and Aunt Liu, were among them, and they were determined to follow Li Yi.

“Tayi arrived on time.”

“It’s the cloud-riding technique of the Tiandao Sect. I haven’t seen it for a long time. I really miss it.”

“Are we going to Baoting? I am looking forward to it. I have been here for too long and have no other thoughts.”

Everyone started talking.

At the same time, from another place in the Taoist Temple, a cloud of auspiciousness flew over. On the cloud, there were more than a hundred people. They were two fairies from the Tiandao Sect who had come with their surviving disciples to reunite.

“Taiyi, the time has come. Should we set off immediately?” The goddess Yun Feizi bowed and then asked.

“Seniors, please follow me.” Li Yi used the cloud-flying technique again, and a huge auspicious cloud carried everyone from Zuixianlou up to the sky, and then merged with his own auspicious cloud to become one.

The goddess Yun Feizi said: “Taiyi, I will lead the way.”

Then she volunteered to fly on the auspicious cloud towards a certain direction outside the Taoist Court. The auspicious cloud flew at an extremely fast speed, like a white rainbow rapidly passing through the sky.

Li Yi was not to be outdone and followed closely behind.

With the help of magic power, it is not difficult to cross the sea and go to Baoting.

However, in the Dharma Ending Age, no one would be so extravagant as to use magical powers to cross such a long distance.

But right now, this is the only way to take these nearly three hundred people away. Although Li Yi has Thunder Fighter and Good Wing, their carrying capacity is limited. However, after this experience, he will have to go to World No. 6 to buy a few transport ships and put them in the Five Elements Bracelet if he has the chance. Anyway, the storage space is now very large and can hold anything.

With the use of the cloud-flying technique, Li Yi and the people from the Tiandao Sect quickly moved away from the Dao Court and arrived on the sea.

“In this Dharma Ending Age, why are there no traces of sea monsters?” On the way, Li Yi couldn’t help but ask while looking at the calm sea.

“This servant knows.”

Xiang Xiangzi smiled and replied, “Taiyi, look at this sea, it’s calm and peaceful, but there are few fish and shrimps. Why is that? This is because after the Dharma Ending Age, the spiritual energy has disappeared, and the sea monsters can never be full no matter how much they eat. Even if they eat up the entire sea, they still can’t fill their needs, and they can only starve to death.”

Li Yi suddenly understood.

Because he felt it deeply.

He now has to take spirit blood pills and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to ensure his own consumption.

If he were to eat like an ordinary person, even if he ate 24 hours a day, he would not be full and would most likely starve to death.

The higher the level of cultivation, the greater the consumption.

This is an iron law that cannot be changed.

“Not only have the monsters become extinct, this world has also become much smaller. Many caves and heavens have collapsed and become hidden, the outer worlds have fled far away, and some large realms have also been sealed off.” Xuan Yuezi said, “In the past, it would take at least three months to fly to Baozhou by the soaring cloud technique, and at least three years by spaceship, but now it is estimated that it only takes one day.”

“Only when the spiritual energy revives, the cave heaven appears, and the great world opens, will the world return to its original state.”

Li Yi’s expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately thought of the earth.

The Earth is actually getting bigger now.

After the cross-border gate is opened, it will connect various worlds. If the big worlds merge and connect together in the future, it will form an extremely large world.

This is similar to a spatial connection, not a simple intersection of heaven and earth. For example, when Li Yi went to the wild world, it seemed that he had just walked through a forest, but in fact he entered a world. Fortunately, he did not go too deep. If he had gone too far, it would take a long time to come back.

When the integration is deeper and indistinguishable in the future, people who come after them will not think that the wild world is another world, but will only think that it is a part of the earth. Maybe they will also give it a name called Wilderness State.

(End of this chapter)