Chapter 470: The body is the cauldron, the five internal organs are the furnace, and the Zhoutian is complete
As soon as Shang Lu’s spiritual consciousness touched the Yinchai Token, he felt that the scene around him suddenly changed.

His spiritual consciousness was actually pulled into the Yincha Token.

The environment in the token made him feel as if he had returned to the underworld, to the strange City God Temple.

Then, he saw the skeleton city god again.

Shanglu wanted to move, but couldn’t. He wanted to speak, but couldn’t open his mouth.

Sitting in the main hall of the temple, the withered skeleton of the City God had ghostly fire flickering in his eye sockets. He stared at Shang Lu and said slowly, “The method of refining evil spirits to prove the Dao is to use the physical body as a cauldron and the rotation of the five elements as the foundation to refine the evil spirits layer by layer, and finally refine it into innate primordial qi to nourish the body and soul and boost cultivation…”

Upon hearing this, Shang Lu knew that the City God of Withered Bones had begun to preach, so he quickly put aside all distractions and listened attentively.

After explaining the general principles of the Art of Refining Evil and Proving the Way, the City God of Withered Bones stood up and staggered out from behind the desk.

He raised a slender finger bone and pointed at his own skeletal body.

“This set of exercises uses the liver wood as firewood, ignites the heart fire, and then flows into the spleen earth stove. It also gathers the lung metal as a cauldron to absorb the evil spirit and refine it. Finally, it is stored in the kidneys, condensed by the kidney water, and transformed into Yuanqi…”

Every time the Skeleton City God speaks, the corresponding organs will appear in his body, and the power of the Five Elements will manifest and change.

All of this allowed Shang Lu to see very clearly and intuitively what he had to do in order to use the liver wood to ignite the heart fire, build the spleen earth into a stove, refine the lung gold into a cauldron, and so on.

At the same time, he also saw clearly how the power of the five internal organs and the five elements of Qi should flow and change during this process…

An unknown amount of time had passed, but by the time Shang Lu’s consciousness withdrew from the Yincha Token, he had already memorized the Art of Refining Demons and Proving the Dao, and all that was left was to put it into practice.

Shang Lu originally thought that after learning the art of refining evil spirits and proving his way, the Yincha token in his arms would turn into dust.

Just like the Yincha tokens of Lu Yang, Bai Lingxu and others, they were taken back by the City God of Ku Guess, or in other words, by the evil land of the underworld.

The result was unexpected.

The Yincha token in his arms was not damaged and still existed.

However, when Shang Lu’s spiritual consciousness touched the Yincha token again, he was not pulled into the token, nor did he see the Skeleton City God again.

“It seems that the divine consciousness attached to the Yincha token is a one-time thing. It dissipated after I taught it the skills. But why didn’t the Yincha token disintegrate? Is it because of my identity as a Yincha?”

While Shang Lu was guessing, he was also very curious, would this Yincha token still work outside the underworld? And what would it do?
But this time and this place are not suitable for studying the Yincha Token.

Shang Lu could only suppress his curiosity temporarily and wait until the pollution was purified and the evil miasma was refined before looking for an opportunity to explore the secret in the Yincha Token.

At this moment, he opened his eyes slightly and looked around quickly.

Gongshu Ling was still sinking at the bottom of the pond and had not floated up.

Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu were trying their best to practice some techniques to purify the pollution in their bodies.

Their bodies turned red after being soaked in the boiling spirit pool, just like two cooked prawns.

Beside the spirit pond, the guiding crane also closed its eyes. Although it could not soak in the spirit pond, it could absorb the spirit energy wafting out from the spirit pond.

For the guiding crane, this was its chance and it certainly wouldn’t miss it.

Everyone was concentrating on their practice and no one noticed Shang Lu.

No one knew that his consciousness had just been taken to another “space” and he had learned a secret technique bestowed by the gods.

Shang Lu exhaled a breath of foul air, and after clearing his mind of distractions, he began to follow the instructions of the City God of Withered Bones, transforming his liver qi into firewood, and drawing the yang energy from the spirit pool to ignite the fire in his heart…

At the beginning, Shanglu had some bumps in the road.

Fortunately, he had practiced the Inner View Diagram, so he was no stranger to observing the internal organs and stimulating the internal Qi.

With the active cooperation of the five internal organs gods, he quickly became proficient in the task.

Even later on, Shang Lu didn’t need to do anything himself, his five internal organs would automatically operate the magic of refining evil to refine the evil miasma in his body continuously.

It was also during this process that Shang Lu understood why he had to find a place with strong yang energy to practice this set of exercises.

Because the evil miasma in his body is not only large in quantity but also extremely cold, he must rely on external yang energy to enhance his firepower. Otherwise, not only will he not be able to refine it, but it will also trigger the backlash of the evil miasma.

The Yang energy here in the spirit pool is extremely strong. After being absorbed into Shang Lu’s body using the Lingyuan Xianxi Jue, it not only strengthened the power of the heart fire, but also suppressed the activity of the evil miasma, making the refining easier and smoother.

Time flies quickly during this process.

Shang Lu once again entered a state of oblivion, his body seemed to have completely transformed into a cauldron wrapped in blazing flames. The spiritual energy in the spirit pool also continued to flow into Shang Lu’s body, replenishing his “firewood” consumption.

The evil miasma is constantly being refined into Yuan Qi.

Because he had the help of the five internal organs gods, Shang Lu did not have to practice the magic of refining evil and proving the way himself. He put more energy into activating the secrets of the alchemy classics, allowing the Yuan Qi to flow through the meridians, bones, flesh and blood throughout his body and merge into the three Dantian Qi seas in the upper, middle and lower parts.

Previously, in Pingdu Mountain and Mingxu, Shang Lu had experienced several life-and-death battles, and his internal organs, meridians and even bones were all seriously injured.

These injuries were rapidly healed with the nourishment of Yuan Qi.

At the same time, the upper, middle and lower Dantian Qi seas were also repaired by Yuan Qi, plugging many gaps and loopholes.

Not only did it make the essence stored in the sea of ​​qi more abundant, it also increased the size and speed of the three cyclones. The most important thing was that the three dantians and the three cyclones actually showed signs of being connected and mutually beneficial.

And this is exactly the change that one needs to go through to cross the Zhoutian and enter the Tongtian.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu were the first to leave the spirit pool.

Although soaking in the spirit pool has great benefits, the two did not dare to soak in it for too long.

In fact, the pollution of chaotic divinity in the bodies of the two had been completely purified as early as the sixth day, and their appearance had returned to normal.

For the next four days, they continued to practice in the Spirit Pond.

If possible, they would certainly like to soak in the spirit pool all the time and absorb spiritual energy continuously.

But this spiritual pool, located in the deepest part of the Dragon Head Treasure Land, not only has the most spiritual energy, but also has extremely strong yang energy, which is far superior to the spiritual pool on Shanglu.

Therefore, even though Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu’s cultivation was much higher than Shang Lu who had previously soaked in the spirit pool, they could not hold on for only ten days.

Their bodies have reached breaking point.

If you continue to soak in it, not only will it not be beneficial, but the excessive Yang energy will deplete the Yin fluid in your body, causing damage to your body and your cultivation.

They even showed signs of excessive yang energy—one had bloodshot eyes, and the other had a nosebleed.

These are all manifestations of Yin deficiency and excessive fire!

They must leave the spirit pool and only come back to soak in it after they have thoroughly digested the gains of this trip and stabilized their yin and yang and cultivation.

Of course, the prerequisite is that by that time, they can still get the opportunity to soak in the spirit pool.

When the two of them were leaving the spirit pond, they looked back and whispered:
“Senior Sister Gongshu’s witch armor is indeed stronger than her physical body.”

“Are you jealous? Ask Senior Sister Gongshu to make one for you. As long as you are willing to give up your physical body, Senior Sister Gongshu will definitely give you a discount, and maybe even give you a set of witch armor for free.”

“Forget it, I don’t want to be Sister Gongshu’s test subject… But Brother Shang, after soaking for so long, I can’t see any signs of yang hyperactivity.”

“It shows how terrible the evil miasma he swallowed was. He saved our lives!”

Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu did not dare to disturb Shang Lu. After whispering a few words, they asked the cranes beside the spirit pond to help take care of Shang Lu.

In order to get the crane to help, Bai Lingxu also took out a lot of secret animal materials from the animal witch’s scroll as a tribute. Ten days after the two left, Gongshu Ling also floated up from the bottom of the spirit pool.

As the vortex reactor started to turn, she jumped out of the pool.

Although the spirit pool is burning hot, it poses no threat to the witch armor that can withstand high temperatures.

As for the excessive yang and fire, it was not a problem at all. Not only did it not cause any damage to the witch armor, but it was also used by Gongshu Ling to temper the spirit vortex reactor, greatly increasing the combustion power of the witch energy.

Gongshu Ling left the spirit pool because her soul could no longer bear the pressure.

If she continues to soak, Wu Jia will be fine, but her soul will most likely be burned.

“My weakness now is no longer my body, but my soul…”

Standing by the pool, Gongshu Ling fell into deep thought.

Unfortunately, the soul is not as easy to abandon as the body.

But Gongshu Ling would not give up just because things were difficult.

She planned to read through all the books in the Witch Academy after leaving the Dragon Head Treasure Land, and find a method to refine witchcraft instruments to refine her soul and nourish her spirit to make up for her shortcomings.

Before leaving, Gongshu Ling also turned his gaze to Shanglu who was still in the spirit pool.

In her opinion, the reason Shang Lu was able to soak in the spirit pool for such a long time was not only because the evil miasma in his body was too much and too strong, but also because of the strength of his soul and willpower, which was a very important factor.

“It’s a pity that he refused to give up his body.”

Gongshu Ling shook his head, feeling somewhat disappointed.

“With such a soul and such a will, as long as you are willing to give up your weak body, you will be able to achieve greater success!”

After a pause, she said to herself, “But it doesn’t matter. When he dies one day and his body is destroyed, he will understand the benefits of mechanical ascension.”

A red light was projected from Gongshu Lingwujia’s mask, scanning Shanglu. After confirming that there was no problem with his soul and body, he turned around and gave a cold command to the crane beside the spirit pool:

“Look after him!”

The crane nodded and bowed, almost opening his mouth to speak, and swore to do the same.

This look was completely different from when he faced Bai Lingxu before.

It can be seen that the crane is also afraid of Gongshu Ling.

With Gongshu Ling’s departure, Shang Lu was the only one left soaking in the spirit pool in the Dragon Head Treasure Land.

But no one thinks there is anything wrong with this.

After all, Shanglu, who had invited the gods down, was the most seriously polluted by the chaotic divinity. Not to mention, he had also swallowed a large amount of evil miasma.

These things cannot be completely purified in ten or twenty days.

Another month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, commanders such as Lu Dao and Xu Shan all came to Longshou to visit Shang Lu.

Seeing that Shang Lu was concentrating on “purification”, they did not approach to disturb him, but just watched from the dark, and after making sure that Shang Lu was fine, they left.

What was unexpected was that even the Chief Justice came to the Longshou treasure land to visit Shang Lu.

The remnants of the He bandits and the evil spirits in Pingdu Mountain were wiped out by Jiancheng and his men in the first few days.

During this period, Pingdushan built a complete defense line with the cooperation of the three county witch academies. The supervisor did not need to stay in charge and returned to the witch academy.

After he came back, the chief priest began his retreat again.

On this day, Shang Lu, who had been soaking in the spirit pool for almost two months, finally opened his eyes and ended his cultivation.

But he was not in a hurry to leave the spirit pond.

He continued to soak in the scalding water, practicing inner vision to check his harvest.

During these two months, all the pollution in his body was purified, and the scar on his forehead disappeared, but the strange feeling that something was about to grow between his eyebrows remained.

But no matter whether Shang Lu used inner vision or any other means, he could not find anything wrong between the eyebrows, so he had to give up for the time being.

While purifying the pollution, Shanglu also refined a batch of new divine power.

Among the newly refined divine powers, there was the divine power from the City God of Dry Bones – his divine power attached to the Yincha Token, and when it was drawn out, a strand of it was secretly intercepted by the Five Organs Temple, and after being absorbed and refined, it became Shang Lu’s own power.

I wonder if the City God of Skeletons will notice this and come up with the idea of ​​losing both the wife and the army?

When it comes to intercepting divine power, Wuzangmiao is indeed impartial and treats everyone equally.

It not only intercepted the divine power of the City God of Skeletons, but also intercepted a wisp of the divine power of the clairvoyance and the wind-hearing hearing.

Even a wisp of Hou Tu Niangniang’s divine power lingered in the internal organs.

However, Shang Lu felt that this divine power of Hou Tu Niangniang was not intercepted by the internal organs.

Because the other intercepted divine powers were all placed on the altar after entering the Five Internal Organs Temple, and they were unwilling to be refined. They struggled hard one by one, and needed to be suppressed by the Five Internal Organs statues.

However, the divine power of Hou Tu Niangniang was not only not placed on the altar in the temple of the five internal organs, but also floated around at will, looking here and there, as if she was curious about everything.

In the end, this ray of Hou Tu Niangniang’s divine power transformed into colorful rain of light and merged into her internal organs.

Shang Lu never refined this divine power from beginning to end.

All of this is its own decision.

In addition, the evil miasma in Shanglu’s body, after so many days of refining, was all transformed into Yuanqi.

Part of it is absorbed by Shanglu, but more of it is like the smell of incense, floating in the internal organs, and needs to be slowly absorbed by Shanglu in subsequent practice.

However, Shang Lu also discovered that even if he did not deliberately practice magic, these Yuan Qi would be automatically absorbed by the statues in the Five Internal Organs Temple and the Yin-Yang Qi Bell.

It will even be integrated into the meridians, blood and flesh, thereby allowing Shanglu’s “weak” body to be continuously improved and tempered.

Although Shanglu did not completely absorb the Yuan Qi refined by the evil miasma.

But his cultivation level still broke through to the perfection of Zhoutian.

This is also the reason why he stopped practicing with the help of the spirit pool.

His cultivation has reached a bottleneck. If he cannot break through, he can only barely maintain his level and there is no way he can continue to rise.

Even if you absorb more essence from the spirit pool, it will only increase the amount of essence and qi, but cannot cause a qualitative change.

On the contrary, as the evil miasma in his body was completely refined, if he continued to soak in the spirit pool, he would most likely fall into a state of hyperactivity of yang and fire like Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu, which would damage his body and cultivation.

So he had to leave the spirit pond.

While consolidating his cultivation, he prepared to break through to the Tongtian realm.

However, in addition to the improvement in his cultivation, Shang Lu also gained two unexpected benefits from soaking in the Spirit Pool this time…

(End of this chapter)