Chapter 767: Chapter 22: Alchemy Dao Taboos, Human Body Refining Treasure
Zhenhe Peak, in front of Lord Tingyao’s Mountain God Temple.
The Huo Dou was prancing excitedly at Gouchen’s feet, and those Sleep Bugs were circling all around.
Just from watching this scene, Lord Tingyao could already see the deep bond between them.
"I really didn’t expect you’d actually go to Panhu and beg for ’Dragon Hound Blood’ to wash its marrow..."
Panhu was a canine God from the same era as the Tao Ancestor, and was also recognized throughout the Hundred Lands Mountain Range as one of the strongest Guardian Gods.
It was said that under Panhu’s command were Ten Dragons and Eight Hounds, each one a Celestial God-level existence, specifically responsible for guarding the western region of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
Although Panhu had not taken action for a very long time, everyone believed he had certainly already become a Great Celestial God.
"Laicai may be a mixed-blood Huo Dou, but in the end it’s still just a beast."
"Since it’s unable to cultivate, using ’Dragon Hound Blood’ to remake its body is the best way for it to advance."
Gently stroking the Huo Dou’s head, Gouchen’s voice was unusually gentle.
This Huo Dou had been a coming-of-age gift from his parents and had accompanied him through so many events; the feelings between the two had long since surpassed an ordinary master-and-pet relationship.
If he could get Flat Peaches, Gouchen had even thought about feeding them to it.
After all, Flat Peaches were acknowledged Medcine of Longevity. Even if they couldn’t put the Huo Dou on the path of cultivation, they could at least let it stay by his side forever.
"Laicai? Your naming style really is quite like a Mountain Person’s."
Casting the Huo Dou a slightly odd glance, Lord Tingyao felt that if it really did awaken its intelligence, the first thing it would probably do was change that name.
"I myself am a Mountain Person; what’s wrong if my naming style sounds a bit like one?"
Gouchen answered with a light chuckle, though his mind was gradually no longer on the Huo Dou.
As if sensing its master’s distraction, the originally boisterous Huo Dou slowly quieted down.
"Mountain God, let’s get back to talking about that group of Star Gods!"
"With your abilities, you should already have seen which Star God is targeting the ’Gouchen Celestial Palace’!"
Though the sentence was phrased as a question, Gouchen’s tone was extremely certain.
Within the current Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Lord Tingyao was not the only God who cultivated the Divine Power of [Future Knowledge], but he was the only one who had applied it to such a consummate degree.
At least in Gouchen’s understanding, apart from his own principal—who had mastered [Destiny Communication]—no one else could be mentioned in the same breath as Lord Tingyao in this regard.
"That’s not something you should be meddling in."
After a brief silence, Lord Tingyao ultimately did not change the subject this time.
"The Gouchen Celestial Palace has Lu Huaijin, has Ying Long, and has the protection of over a hundred Gods..."
"The large-scale casualties you’re worried about are absolutely impossible."
Not allowing Gouchen to refute him, Lord Tingyao shed his former laziness and stared seriously into Gouchen’s eyes as he spoke.
"Besides, the Star God taking action now is only a pawn."
"The one truly hiding behind the scenes is far beyond ordinary imagination, absolutely not someone you can handle."
As he said this, Lord Tingyao’s words already carried a faint warning.
"Things like this... if I don’t try, how will I ever know?"
Before his voice fell, a faint halo actually appeared behind Gouchen.
Beyond that halo were endless, dazzling stars and a night sky that seemed to stretch on without end.
"The Profound Garden Gate!?"
This time Lord Tingyao was genuinely stunned.
He had never imagined that over these past few days, Gouchen had actually been trying to recreate the [Profound Garden Gate].
"No, this is not the Profound Garden Gate."
Resolutely shaking his head and denying Lord Tingyao’s words, Gouchen turned to look at the halo behind him and smiled.
"The Profound Garden Gate is a stable passage that uses the power of the Earth Vein to connect both ends of the ’Profound Garden Barrier’."
"What I’ve constructed is a one-time passage, and its positioning isn’t very precise either..."
Before Gouchen could finish, Lord Tingyao had already named the essence of that golden halo.
"It’s a Qiankun Ring..."
"What you created isn’t the Profound Garden Gate at all, but a true Qiankun Ring."
At this point, Lord Tingyao’s expression suddenly changed slightly, and his tone unconsciously grew heavier.
"The Qiankun Talisman contains the Power of Heaven and Earth and endless transformations. What did you use to bear this power?"
Faced with Lord Tingyao’s questioning, before Gouchen could reply, faint lightning had already spread from within his body.
"Other than me, who else?"
With a soft sigh, Fenglong manifested from behind Gouchen.
He still had that form with a human upper body and a lower body of wind and thunder.
Only this time, unlike before, densely packed, intricate Talismans had appeared upon the surface of Fenglong’s body.
Those were complete[Qiankun Talismans], High-dimensional Text capable of inverting Heaven and Earth and Yin and Yang.
These characters themselves had no power; they merely expounded the great Dao and truths of the operation of Heaven and Earth.
Yet so long as they were combined with specific materials and Primordial Qi, these High-dimensional Texts could, like mathematical formulae, bestow unimaginable power upon matter.
"Fenglong! Do you understand what you’re doing!?"
With his brows tightly knit, staring fixedly at Fenglong, Lord Tingyao revealed an angry expression for the first time.
"Don’t pin everything on me. This time it truly has nothing to do with me."
Spreading his hands, Fenglong retorted with an expression of complete nonchalance.
"When all’s said and done, I’m now this brat Gouchen’s ’prisoner’..."
"Whatever he wants to do, he’ll do. Could I possibly forcefully stop him?"
Hearing Fenglong’s sophistry, Lord Tingyao took a deep breath and rebuked him.
"If it’s something you don’t want to do, no one can force you."
"Talismans may contain the truths of Heaven and Earth’s operation, but they are also a double-edged sword."
"If you were unwilling to cooperate, could this brat possibly have forcibly inscribed a Qiankun Talisman onto your body?"
"What you two are doing now has already violated the taboos of the Alchemy Dao—it’s true ’Refining Treasure with the human body’!"
Forcibly inscribing a complete Talisman onto a living body, and that of a God on Fenglong’s level at that.
Setting aside the risks for the moment, such a method alone was absolutely unacceptable.
Because this was equivalent to treating living beings as Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, using them for Alchemy or Artifact Refining. Once that door was opened, it would be hard to ever close again.
Moreover, what Gouchen and Fenglong were doing now was like a three-year-old child playing with a thousand-catty sledgehammer; at the slightest slip, the first to suffer would be themselves.
"You can’t even talk this brat Gouchen around, and you still think you can talk me around?"
Too lazy to bother with Lord Tingyao any further, the Talismans on Fenglong’s body suddenly shone brilliantly, directly illuminating half the sky.
"You two..."
Pupils contracting sharply, Lord Tingyao reached out again, wanting to stop them, but it was already too late.
Gouchen simply turned around and stepped into that still-unstable halo, and Fenglong followed closely behind.
In the end, even the Huo Dou and those Sleep Bugs leapt in after them, without the slightest hesitation, following their master into that unfamiliar starry sky.
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