Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 145 Inheritance
"Then at least you have to open your mind, have supernatural powers before you can talk about restraint." Ren Yuan smiled bitterly: "Among the eight hundred Taoists, less than half have opened their minds, and the vast majority have less than three minds."

After a pause, he emphasized: "The most important thing is that these are the last seeds of each sect. We cannot let them suffer too many casualties."

"You are in a difficult position." Chen Baxian said in a muffled voice: "We are outnumbered and have a huge disparity in strength. We don't want to suffer too many casualties, so you have all the good things."

Having said that, he still lay on the map of Peach Blossom Spring that Ren Yuan brought back, and had a heated discussion with Yang Zhong about how to deploy the troops.

Ren Yuan was not interested in such things. He believed in the level of the founding emperor and his father...

"A-choo!" Chen Baxian suddenly sneezed, rubbed his nose and said, "Damn it, it feels like someone is scolding me."

"There are many people who scold you." Chen Lingzhi teased Chen Baxian, and then said seriously: "I just made a divination, and this battle will be 'survived by water', I wonder if it will help you?"

Chen Baxian and Yang Zhong's eyes lit up at the same time. Looking at the mountains surrounding Taohuayuan, they said in unison: "This is so helpful!"

Now the two of them had an idea and quickly worked out a battle plan, but they were stuck in the end.

"It still doesn't work." Yang Zhong said with a frown.

"How do you mean?" Ren Yuan asked.

"These days, when two armies face off, no matter how many words you use, it all comes down to six words: 'soldier versus soldier, general versus general.'" Chen Baxian explained, "Our army is at a disadvantage, and we can make up for it through tactics. But the number of our experts is too large, and this gap cannot be made up. No matter how we deduce, we will lose."

"How much is the difference?" Chen Lingzhi asked.

"It would be possible only if there were at least two more six orifices," Yang Zhong replied.

"Six Apertures is already an existence that ordinary supernatural powers cannot match, so we must have equal combat power to exchange." Chen Baxian said: "Otherwise, the opponent's two Six Apertures masters will directly attack our Four Apertures and Five Apertures, causing our overall collapse."

"Where can I find two six-orifices?" Ren Yuan spread his hands, at a loss.

But Chen Lingzhi hesitated for a moment and said, "I have a way, but you must pay the price afterwards."

"No problem!" Ren Yuan agreed without hesitation. He was only concerned about the present and didn't care what would happen afterwards.

~~
The next morning, Ren Yuan woke up from the Youxian Pillow and saw his senior sister sitting beside him with a smile on her face.

"Have you mastered the sword?" Ren Yuan asked.

The elder sister nodded and said, "Under the guidance of my elder brother, I have already taken it into my body and can control its power, but I don't dare to use the flying sword yet."

"That's right, you still need it to suppress the corpse poison, so don't use this sword first." Ren Yuan said.

"That won't do." Senior Sister shook her head and said, "The war is imminent, it should be okay for me to chop people with it in my hand."

"It's better not to. The battlefield is too chaotic and there's a risk of someone snatching it away." Ren Yuan handed a white bone sword to her and said, "You should use the original one. You won't feel bad if you lose it."

The senior sister was stunned, but she took over and asked, "Are you not afraid of being exposed?"

"This is a different time. Now I really hope that the more guests come, the better. The more people there are, the more lively it will be." Ren Yuan said with a smile.

At this time, Zhang Jingyi reported to his senior brother: "The outpost cavalry of the ghost army has been found at the valley entrance."

"It's not all bad. At least now both sides can reach an agreement." The senior brother said slowly.

"Brother, you are right." Ren Yuan pushed the door open and said, "The most important thing right now is to focus on one thing and work together." "You are up." The senior brother smiled and said, "Then come in."

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded and did not refuse anymore. Just like what his senior sister said, what he accepted now was actually responsibility.

Ren Yuan opened the door curtain and went in. His senior sister was guarding outside the door with a sword in her hand.

Zhang Jingyi tactfully left first.

~~
The senior brother told Ren Yuan to sit opposite him and then entered into meditation.

Ren Yuan's spiritual consciousness saw that his senior brother's three flowers gathered at the top of his head, and the gate opened wide. A golden pill surrounded by blazing flames slowly rose from his dantian, passed through the Red Emperor Palace and came out of the Gate of Life and Death.

The senior brother stretched out his hand to catch the golden pill, looked at it with deep emotion, and then pushed it forward without hesitation, directly into Ren Yuan's Red Emperor Palace.

"This thing is too powerful for you at the moment. Only your Qi Storage House, the Courtyard of the Gods, can accommodate it." Then I heard the senior brother solemnly admonish:

"Remember not to drop it into the Creation Furnace, and don't directly use the energy in it, otherwise your meridians will definitely not be able to bear it, and you will even go crazy."

"How do we use it?" Ren Yuan asked softly.

"Of course there is a way." Then the senior brother laughed and said, "I'll give you another talisman."

After saying this, the senior brother opened his mouth and spurted out a cloud of auspiciousness, in which a jade talisman was held.

Senior Brother's expression became serious and he said, "This talisman is called 'Shangqing Jade Talisman'. It contains the divine imprints of the past masters. You can use it to ask the ancestors for help. This is called 'passing merit' in Tianshi Dao, and we in Shangqing Sect call it 'divine attack'."

"Can I ask the Grandmaster to help me?" Ren Yuan was stunned. "Is there such a good thing?"

"Of course you can, but the energy consumption of the divine attack needs to be supplied by you. With the little spiritual fluid in your Creation Furnace now, it would be of little use even if you ask the past masters to 'attack on your behalf'. Instead, it would be a disgrace to our ancestors." Senior Brother continued:
“But it’s different with the golden elixir. The ancestors can call upon the golden elixir and display great magical powers. Although we can’t reach the heights that the ancestors achieved back then, at least we won’t be bullied.”

“Just remember, the elixir I give you is not yours after all. It will be gone once you use it up. So the best way is to break the furnace and make elixir with your own ability as soon as possible.” The senior brother taught earnestly.

"Yes, brother, I remember it." Ren Yuan nodded heavily.

"Okay, junior brother, please take the talisman!" Then the senior brother shouted.

"Please give me a talisman, senior brother!" Ren Yuan responded solemnly and made preparations.

The senior brother waved his hand and sent the jade talisman into Ren Yuan's body and stored it in his Yujing Mountain.

"Okay, from this moment on, you are the sixth generation headmaster of my Shangqing Sect." After doing all this, the senior brother smiled with relief, bowed his head and said, "Former headmaster Sun Youyue, I am honored to meet the headmaster."

"Greetings to the master." The senior sister also came in and bowed with a smile.

"Alas, you are really forcing me to do something." Ren Yuan sighed and returned the greeting helplessly. He felt like he had become the legal representative before the company went bankrupt.

The senior brother took out the sword again, and with a thought, the sword danced in the air like a silk thread, like a stream of water flowing backwards in the sky.

"The sword is three feet seven inches long, made of East Sea star iron, and is called 'Yaoguang'!" Senior Brother said with a smile: "Yaoguang means the one who provides for all things. You gave everyone food when you met them, so this should be yours."

After saying that, he wiped his finger on the sword's spine to remove his divine mark, then handed the sword to Ren Yuan and said, "Brother, take the sword!"

(End of this chapter)