Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 199 The Art of Controlling Spirits
After hearing this, the giant ape stopped, and its sandbag-sized fist was less than a foot away from him.

The giant ape retracted its fist, its body suddenly shrank, and turned into a human form, revealing its true appearance.

George Lam breathed a sigh of relief. If he had been hit by another punch, even if he didn't die, he would have to lie in bed for several months. The golden armor on his body had already shattered by the previous blow, and it was impossible for him to withstand this blow.

He got up in a panic. At this time, the referee had come to the two of them and announced that Han Yuan had won.

"Thank you." Han Yuan clasped his fists expressionlessly. His face looked normal and he seemed to still have some strength left.

"My fellow Daoist has exquisite magical powers. I admire them and accept defeat wholeheartedly."

Han Yuan flipped his hand, stepped onto the flying magic weapon, and left the venue.

Lin Zixiang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and returned to the people of Hunyuan Sect.

"Senior Brother Zixiang, are you okay? Are you injured?" Song Xian asked immediately.

Lin Zixiang looked at everyone, feeling embarrassed. His face flushed with shame, he shook his head and whispered, "I'm fine."

"This person's skills are unique, and he is not someone you can easily deal with. The world of cultivation is full of hidden talents, so a temporary victory or defeat is not a big deal! If this competition doesn't go well, let's try again next time." Song Xian comforted.

At this moment, a quarrel was heard on the side.

"Fourth sister, don't go. You are no match for that evil villain. It would be disastrous if he targeted you."

"Why not go? He was the one who killed Brother Bao. Now your enemies are right in front of you, but you don't even dare to say a word. Have you forgotten how Brother Bao treated us before?" The woman's sharp voice came, and then she shook off several people and walked quickly to Han Yuan.

After winning the competition, Han Yuan did not leave, but returned to his seat and sat down, apparently to observe other opponents.

Qin Xuan and his companions couldn't stop the woman, so they had to follow her.

"Are you Han Yuan?" the woman asked gritting her teeth.

"It's me." Han Yuan looked at them expressionlessly.

"Brother Bao Rong once participated in a treasure hunt with you. Do you remember? Why did Brother Bao Rong disappear after that?"

"he died."

"Why are they all dead, but you are still alive?"

"He's not very capable." Han Yuan didn't show any emotion, and spoke calmly as if he was talking about a trivial matter like eating and drinking.

This indifferent attitude further inflamed the woman: "You don't dare admit it? You were the one who murdered Brother Bao Rong, and you dare not admit it?"

"I told you, it's his own fault."

"Do you dare to swear?"

"I'm not in the mood to mess around with you guys, so please don't bother me."

"I want to duel with you." The woman shouted angrily.

"Your cultivation is too low. I advise you to think it over carefully before you speak, and don't lose your life in vain." Han Yuan still had no expression on his face, but his words were filled with murderous intent as cold as the wind.

"Fourth sister, don't be impulsive, come back with me." Qin Xuan, the leader, finally spoke, forcibly pulling the woman's arm and dragging her back.

The woman was just speaking in anger, there was no way she would really duel with Han Yuan. She was half-pushed and half-pushed away by several people, and she didn't forget to say a few harsh words.

When Song Xian and others saw a few people causing trouble, they all looked over there and listened with their ears perked up.

I was a little disappointed to see that the two sides did not fight.

"Forget it, let's go! Let's not stay here anymore. There's no need to watch the next competition. Junior Brother Zixiang, what do you think?"

George Lam didn't say anything, just nodded. As an eliminated contestant, he naturally had no mood to continue watching the competition.

After a few people left, Song Xian asked the others to go back to the inn to rest, while he and Su Zhirou went to visit Luoyun Sect.

...............

In the brightly lit hall, Xiao Ling walked in with a pleasant smile on her face: "Sister Zhirou, it's such a pity that my aunt went out for something and hasn't come back yet."

"It's okay. We're not here just to visit my aunt."

"Master Song, long time no see. Congratulations on reaching a new level in your cultivation." Xiao Ling looked at Song Xian.

"This is all thanks to Senior Towin."

"Then you must treat Sister Zhirou well and not let her suffer any grievance. Sister Zhirou, if you are wronged, you must tell us." Xiao Ling said with a smile. She could naturally see how loving the two were.

The three of them exchanged some polite small talk, and then Su Zhirou got to the point, her face slightly shy: "Sister Ling'er, we came here today because we need your help with something."

"What's the matter, Sister Zhirou?"

"I heard that Master Yu has a secret medicine that can help couples conceive. Could you please get me a few doses?"

Xiao Ling looked at the two with a half-smile and teased, "Sister Zhirou, are you so anxious already? A cultivator's body is different from that of an ordinary person, so it's not easy for them to get pregnant. Many couples haven't been able to have a child for dozens or even hundreds of years. You've only been together for a few years, there's no need to be so anxious!"

"It was my husband who wanted it." Su Zhirou was embarrassed by what she had said all along, and in a hurry, she pushed the blame onto Song Xian. As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that something was wrong because Song Xian was right next to her, so she quickly changed the subject.

"Sister Ling'er, please stop teasing me. Just ask if you can help us get some secret medicine from Master Yu."

Song Xian was also stunned when he heard that Su Zhirou actually pushed the whole thing onto him. It was obviously she who was anxious to have a child, and now that others were laughing at her, she pulled him out as a shield.

This demon really deserves to be punished, Song Xian gritted his teeth secretly.

"Since Sister Zhirou has spoken, how can I not do my best? Don't worry, leave this matter to me."

"Thank you so much, Sister Ling'er. Uncle Yu's secret medicine is not easy to come by. How much does it cost?"

"Sister Zhirou, what are you talking about? It's just a trivial matter, why bother bringing it up? Besides, if Sister Zhirou can get pregnant, I'll have a nephew too. Sect Leader Song, if your son becomes a successful person in the future, you must tell him and don't forget my kindness."

"Of course. Let alone the fact that we could have a child, even if Fellow Daoist Xiao helped me and my wife get married, we would never be able to repay him in this lifetime." Song Xian smiled and replied, "Actually, the reason I came to visit you today, besides this, is because I have something else to discuss with you."

"Our sect wants to sell the Jade Fragrance Pill in other cities in Xijiang County. I hope Senior Wen can support us."

Xiao Ling pondered, "Our sect still has some influence in Humen City, but we don't have any disciples stationed in other cities, so my aunt can't reach that far. If Sect Master Song wants to open a shop in another city to sell Jade Fragrance Pills, that's fine, but he should be careful to maintain good relations with the local forces and avoid conflicts with them. Otherwise, we won't be able to reach them."

"Our sect opened a shop to do business. How could we possibly conflict with others? We're just worried that local forces would cause trouble for us, just like the Yuyuan Sect did back then. I'm asking if I could borrow your sect's name. Doesn't your sect already have shops in the major markets of every city in Xijiang County? Simply reserve a few stalls for us to sell the Jade Fragrance Pills."

"I can't make the decision on this matter. I'd better wait until my aunt comes back and ask her opinion."

"Then I'll leave it to Fellow Daoist Xiao."

After chatting for a while, the couple said goodbye and left.

.........

On Solitary Peak, in the mansion's courtyard, within a golden cage, panicked chirping could be heard from time to time. Inside, a group of silver-armored ants fled in panic, while a golden, alien species of golden-armored ant crept onto one of the silver-armored ants, biting its body with sharp teeth.

The silver-armored ant let out a painful hiss and was soon bitten to death by the golden-armored ant.

The other silver-armored ants scattered around the edge, shivering as they watched the golden-armored ants gnaw on the dead silver-armored ants.

Seeing this brutal scene, Su Zhirou showed an expression of pity.

"Husband, this spirit insect is so cruel."

"They are all animals, not like humans. How can there be any cruelty or no cruelty?"

Soon, the golden-armored ant had eaten the body of the silver-armored ant beneath it clean. It let out a sharp cry, like the roar of a king.

The silver-armored ants hiding at the edge of the golden cage began to tremble even more violently. They shrank their heads and appeared extremely frightened, wishing they could hide their heads.

The golden-armored ant was majestic, with two golden wings constantly vibrating on its body, its limbs were particularly strong, and the two golden mouthparts near its mouth were sharp and long. At this moment, its mouth was full of flesh and blood, and its pair of small golden eyes showed its fierceness and domineering.

At this time, it was about four or five inches in size, and the spiritual energy fluctuations around its body were about the fourth level of Qi Refining.

The other silver-armored ants in the golden cage were only one or two inches in size, and their spiritual energy was only at the first or second level of Qi Refining.

The reason why Song Xian put them all together and watched the golden-armored ant eat another silver-armored ant in such a brutal way was because he got the book on the art of controlling spirits from the foundation-building cultivator named Wang Puqing who died in the Water Curtain Cave a few years ago.

At that time, there were four books in his storage bag.

They are respectively about the extremely secret talismans that are refined.

The art of controlling spirits in raising spiritual beasts.

The five elements essential techniques for practicing magic.

There is also a water-attributed martial arts technique called Kuishui Jingyan Jue.

All four books are good things, needless to say the Secret Talisman of the Ultimate Dao. In Song Xian's humble opinion, this book can be called the best book on talisman refining in the world of cultivation.

The other three items are also extraordinary.

The Essential Techniques of the Five Elements records many techniques and magical powers related to the five elements.

The art of controlling spirits tells how to cultivate spirit beasts.

Kuishui Jingyan Jue is a top-grade earth-level water-attribute cultivation technique.

What Song Xian is doing now is what he learned from a book on the art of controlling spirits, which describes a method of cultivating a special insect-like monster called the Swallowing Insect Method.

Most of the insect-like monsters in the cultivation world live in groups.

For example, ants, bees, etc., all gather in groups, and in each group of ants and bees there must be a queen ant or queen bee to command the actions of other species.

The law of swallowing poisonous insects is to do the opposite, letting orderly insect monsters kill each other, so as to cultivate the strongest species.

The method is actually not complicated. Take the silver-armored ants as an example. If the silver-armored ants gather together, they will spontaneously produce a queen ant, and other ants will also obey the queen ant's arrangements. This is an instinctive habit of ant monsters.

In order to prevent them from becoming organized, all the silver-armored ants must be raised separately, with each one kept in a different place and fed.

When the time is right, starve them for a few days and then put them together again. At this time, the hungry silver-armored ants will devour each other, and a king will be born from them.

Each time the king survives, he will select them out and raise them separately. Then he will use the same method to let the kings that win each time devour each other, so as to produce the strongest one among the same species.

This breeding method can not only cultivate the fierce and ferocious nature of the spirit beast, but also is beneficial to the improvement of the spirit beast's cultivation.

Song Xian used this method to cultivate the golden-armored ants. In just a few years, he enabled them to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. During this period, they had defeated and devoured several strong species that emerged from the battles between the silver-armored ants.

Golden-armored ants are inherently ferocious. Even when they are young, they eat the flesh and blood of the queen ant, and devouring their own silver-armored ants is no problem.

After a hearty meal, the golden-armored ant looked fiercely at the other young silver-armored ants hiding and shivering around, as if it wanted to eat them all.

Song Xian would not let them do whatever they wanted. These silver-armored ants took a lot of effort for him to get. Fortunately, this is Bianxi City, where the trade of monsters is frequent.

If we were in inland areas, it would not be so easy to get so many silver-armored ant eggs.

He opened the golden cage, and with a thought, the golden-armored ants, which were originally extremely ferocious and aggressive, immediately flapped their wings and flew towards him, landing on his palm.

The pair of fierce little eyes were narrowed at this moment, and the head was rubbing against his palm, looking docile.

The golden-armored ant had a spiritual contract with him, and their minds were connected vaguely. Without any movement or other instructions, the golden-armored ant took the initiative to get into the box.

Song Xian then took out the other silver-armored ants in the golden cage one by one. He had been in contact with these silver-armored ants since they were young eggs, and he had always been the one feeding them. Although they were not as close to him as the golden-armored ants, they were familiar with the smell of his body and had no resistance to it.

These are all low-level monsters. You just need to feed them some food every day and give them a beast spirit pill occasionally. It doesn’t cost much.

After putting them back into their respective cages one by one, the couple returned to the room.

"Son-in-law, the medicine is ready." Xiaohong said outside the door.

"Bring it in quickly." Before Song Xian could speak, Su Zhirou took over.

Xiaohong came in holding a jade plate with a bowl of black medicinal soup on it, which gave off an unpleasant smell.

"This thing doesn't look reliable at first glance." Song Xian resisted instinctively. This soup was naturally a secret medicine obtained from the chief alchemist of Luoyun Sect.

"Maybe it'll be useful! I've already brought it here." Su Zhirou scooped up a ladleful of liquid with a spoon and blew on it gently, as if coaxing a child. "Husband, drink it while it's hot."

Song Xian glanced at her and could only take a sip. After the medicine went down his throat, an indescribable bitterness and fishy smell rushed into his lungs.

Song Xian almost vomited: "It's too hard to drink. What the hell is this?"

"My dear husband, good medicine tastes bitter, so please be patient."

"I've told you this before, this stuff is a scam. It's you who's so simple-minded that you're willing to believe it. Think about it! Not being able to conceive isn't necessarily the man's fault. What if it's the woman's? But this medicine is only for men. Just from this point, it's obvious this is a scam. Who knows what's in this medicine? It's so fishy, ​​I wonder if he put sheep dung in it!"

"My dear husband, just one bowl a day, and you'll be fine after you finish it." Su Zhirou scooped another spoonful, drank it for a while, and handed it to his mouth.

Song Xian had no choice but to drink it with his nose pinched.

As he was drinking the medicine soup, Xiao Hong came to the door again: "Sir, the housekeeper reports that Master Qi Xiaobai wants to see you."

"There must be some progress in the development of the cardamom elixir." Song Xian immediately stood up and was about to go out.

"Husband, you haven't finished drinking yet. Finish this first." Su Zhirou grabbed him.

Song Xian sighed, having no choice but to pick up the bowl and swallow the medicine in one gulp while holding his breath.

(End of this chapter)