Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

"Nuwa, be careful. There's a guardian beast ahead, hiding next to the ten-thousand-year-old He Shou Wu." Li Xiuyuan didn't dare to use his true voice to tell Nuwa, so he could only use telepathy.

On the surface, it appeared that no sound was uttered and no lips moved, but in reality, the words had already reached Nuwa's ears.

He dared not tell Nuwa directly, fearing that before he could even speak, the Vermilion Bird would have already attacked. Even he could not discern the Vermilion Bird's strength, but he suspected that the Vermilion Bird was roughly equal to him in strength.

This Vermilion Bird has cultivated for tens of thousands of years. She is the darling of heaven and earth, existing even before Pangu created the world. She was born from the essence of heaven and earth.

Li Xiuyuan and Nuwa sat on a hillside not far away, neither moving nor leaving, remaining there for seven days. Zhuque couldn't understand what the two were planning or what they wanted to do, so he also remained still.

Over the course of seven days, Li Xiuyuan discovered that Zhuque's transformation was into a fiery woman dressed in red, with an innocent face and a round face.

But her eyes and hair were all red, even her eyelashes were red, and she had a hot body with a prominent bust and buttocks.

If you ignore her face, she is truly a beauty.

However, the combination of her face and figure creates a unique and indescribable charm that is endlessly pleasing to the eye and very soothing.

A combination of angel and demon, Li Xiuyuan had never seen such an awkward combination of two constitutions before. It was like ice and fire merging together, but there was no incompatibility between them. On the contrary, they looked particularly harmonious and comfortable.

"Disciple, what would you like to eat? Let your master show you his skills." Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan started talking about comfort and the process of the winged horse. Since the winged horse was a foodie, would this woman also be conquered by food?

As the saying goes, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. This saying has endured to this day, and there's certainly some truth to it.

Chapter 1037 Food Temptation

The winged horse's eyes lit up whenever Li Xiuyuan mentioned food, and it looked at Li Xiuyuan with resentment, as it hadn't eaten anything he made since they came out together.

Originally, it thought that after coming out with him, it would eat delicious food every day. Unexpectedly, after coming out, Li Xiuyuan stopped talking about it and stopped cooking. It had clearly agreed that it would come out with him to eat delicious food. It was just that it was tricked. If it had known this would happen, it would not have come out.

"Winged Horse, don't look at me like that. I just made you some food, didn't I?" You said the original cup was full, and the resentful little eyes stared at you, making you feel a little flustered. Goosebumps rose all over your body, about to fall to the ground.

"Roar!" The winged horse roared, turned its head arrogantly, sat down on the ground next to it, and ignored Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan awkwardly touched his nose. He had been too busy lately and had forgotten to soothe the winged horse's emotions. However, this horse was the type that remembered food but not punishment. As long as he was given a good meal, he could immediately forget his previous unpleasantness.

Li Xiuyuan and Nuwa caught a wild rabbit on the mountain, then caught several fish in a nearby stream, and also shot a pheasant in the woods.

Li Xiuyuan used his spiritual power to build a fire. He planned to roast the pheasant first. As time passed, the pheasant glowed with a faint golden light on the fire, and a layer of fat oozed out, its aroma wafting for miles, tempting everyone.

He noticed the woman in red staring intently in their direction, and couldn't help but swallow hard. Li Xiuyuan chuckled to himself, thinking that this woman was also a foodie. As long as his cooking was good, he wouldn't have to worry about not attracting this woman in red.

"Wow, it smells so good! Master, you're amazing!" Nuwa looked at Li Xiuyuan with admiration, her eyes sparkling. Her master was indeed the most powerful, not only was he highly skilled in martial arts, but his cooking skills were also superb.

"Alright, come on, have a taste!" The rabbit meat was ready. Li Xiuyuan picked off a front leg of the rabbit and handed it to Nuwa beside him, then picked off the other leg and handed it to the winged horse next to him.

At first, the winged horse remained aloof and ignored him. But gradually, it couldn't resist the aroma of the roasted rabbit. Even before the rabbit was cooked, it secretly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, then kept turning its little head back and forth, secretly watching Li Xiuyuan quietly roast the rabbit meat.

When Li Xiuyuan immediately offered the first leg to Nuwa, the winged horse felt its pride was severely wounded. Wasn't it supposed to be roasted for it? Why was the first one given to Nuwa? It immediately decided whether it should ignore Li Xiuyuan while he was still paying attention to it.

However, his stubbornness didn't last three seconds. When Li Xiuyuan handed him the second leg, he immediately softened and started whining to Li Xiuyuan, saying he wouldn't hold the first leg against Nuwa, as long as he had something to eat. The key was that the food Li Xiuyuan made was just too delicious for him to resist.

The Vermilion Bird next to the Millennium He Shou Wu looked at Li Xiuyuan again and again. Although she was attracted by the aroma, she had never eaten human food before and did not know what they were doing or what they were eating.

Li Xiuyuan found a lotus leaf and wrapped the pheasant in it, preparing to make beggar's chicken. Beggar's chicken is the winged horse's favorite food, and of course, it's also his favorite. Nuwa had also eaten the chicken he made once and loved it very much.

After burying the chicken in the ground, Li Xiuyuan started grilling the fish. He grilled two fish together, and when the fish were golden brown, he began to add seasonings. These seasonings were also purchased from the system. When the seasonings were added together, the aroma was irresistible, and the fresh and delicious smell of the fish filled the air.

Even though Suzaku had never eaten human food before, the aroma made her feel incredibly hungry, her stomach growling loudly. Despite this, she managed to control her desires and did not lose her senses.

When the beggar's chicken was unearthed, the aroma gave her an irresistible urge. This time, she didn't hold back. She wanted to know what these things were and why they were so interesting. Watching them eat heartily and happily, she also wanted to try them and have a good meal.

"What are you doing here?" A woman dressed in red appeared in front of Li Xiuyuan. She looked at Li Xiuyuan with a puzzled look in her eyes. The closer she got, the more she stared at the roast chicken.

Saliva was rapidly secreted in her mouth, causing Suzaku to swallow hard. Watching the Winged Horse beside her devour the roasted chicken, Suzaku felt hungry for the first time.

"Huh? Little girl, where did you come from?" Nuwa, who was always eating grilled fish, looked up at Zhuque with curiosity. Red hair, red eyes, red clothes, she had never seen such a strange person before.

"What are you doing?" Zhuque approached Nuwa and picked up a piece of grilled fish without thinking. She put the fish in her mouth and her eyes widened involuntarily. The taste gave her an indescribable feeling of happiness. She had never eaten anything so delicious before.

"Roar!" The winged horse was happily eating when it suddenly saw a woman in red running over from a distance to snatch its food. It swallowed the food in its mouth with dissatisfaction and roared loudly at the woman.

"Huh, it's a winged horse?" Suzaku recognized the winged horse as soon as he saw it, but he never expected that the winged horse he saw was actually a human's pet.

It must be understood that, at all times, humans have always been the weakest in front of them, without exception. In this primordial world, every race possesses spiritual power, and every race is powerful, except for humans.

Therefore, all races consider it shameful to acknowledge humans as their masters, so it's no wonder that Suzaku was so surprised when he saw the Winged Horse.

"Hmph, I don't want to talk to you." The winged horse turned its little head away arrogantly and buried itself in its food, ignoring the Vermilion Bird.

Chapter 1038 Title Eaten

In his mind, there was no distinction between races, nor did he have any idea that humans were ants. He only knew that the person in front of him could make him delicious food and was very powerful. He had seen a lot along the way, and almost no one was his match. Moreover, he had also benefited a lot from following Li Xiuyuan.

For example, there are all sorts of magical elixirs and delicious food. Of course, the roasted rabbit and roasted chicken he makes are the most delicious. You can never get tired of them. Moreover, his master can even make medicine. You should know that there are not many people in this world who can make medicine. He only knows one of the Three Pure Ones in the Heavenly Realm.

Therefore, following Li Xiuyuan only brought him benefits and no harm. He had an endless supply of elixirs and medicines, and he leveled up as he ate them without having to cultivate much. For a lazy horse like him, this was an excellent perk.

Most importantly, if it encounters bad guys, it doesn't have to be the first to rush in; the one always rushing in first is, of course, its owner, Li Xiuyuan. So even if it encounters bad guys, it won't be in any danger; someone will take care of it.

"Hey, where did you come from, girl? Why are you eating our food?" Li Xiuyuan said deliberately. Only by saying this could he avoid arousing her suspicion. He needed to find out the enemy's details first, so that he could have a chance to win. The enemy was in the open while he was in the dark.

"Who said this is yours? It's in my hands now, so it's mine!" Although Zhuque felt a little embarrassed, she couldn't resist the temptation of the food. In order to get the delicious food, Zhuque had no choice but to shamelessly argue.

"You little brat, this food was cooked by me before I even got here. How come it's yours now?" Li Xiuyuan laughed angrily. He never expected that this girl would be so argumentative and domineering.

"I don't care, this is mine anyway." Suzaku was still wondering if she had done something wrong, but as soon as she heard Li Xiuyuan say this, she immediately retorted. This man really has no gentlemanly manners at all. What's wrong with eating a little of his food? Humans are so stingy.

"Hey, why are you being so unreasonable, girl?" This girl is clearly a feisty person, domineering and unreasonable, but she sounds extremely cute. This kind of little chili pepper is the most flavorful.

"Hmph, I'm not playing with you anymore!" The girl in red turned around and disappeared from their sight. This man was really too ungentlemanly, and she didn't bother arguing with him.

"Master, who was that woman in red just now?" Youwa asked Li Xiuyuan curiously, because her master seemed to know that woman. Don't blame Nuwa for not noticing that woman; it's because her power wasn't enough.

"She's the guardian beast beside that ten-thousand-year-old He Shou Wu, the Vermilion Bird! It seems we're in for a tough battle," Li Xiuyuan said. However, taming such a feisty woman would be quite easy, and it would be more challenging and fun than with other women.

"What? She's that divine beast?" Nuwa stared wide-eyed in disbelief. The divine beast was actually a woman with such a pure and cute appearance and such a voluptuous figure. Compared to Nuwa, the two were completely different types.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" The winged horse scoffed at this. Although her level was higher than itss now, that was uncertain in the future. After all, it had received excellent resources from Li Xiuyuan, and it immediately felt that it wouldn't be long before it would also transform into human form, and into a very handsome man.

"Alright, finish eating and get some rest. Winged Horse, go clean up!" After eating and drinking his fill, Li Xiuyuan sat down by the fire and ordered Winged Horse to clean up the mess.

"Roar!" Why me? The winged horse felt extremely wronged. After all, all three of them had eaten, and Li Xiuyuan was the one who prepared the food. Why wasn't Nuwa the one cleaning up the mess? Why did they have to make him clean up the mess? He was a winged horse, after all! This was so beneath him!

Even though it was unwilling, Yima still didn't dare to object to Li Xiuyuan's arrangement, because it knew that Nuwa and Li Xiuyuan had a close relationship, and it knew that even if Li Xiuyuan cleaned up the mess himself, he would never arrange for Nuwa to clean up the mess.

The group stayed there for about a month, eating and drinking every day. During this month, Zhuque and Li Xiuyuan had become quite familiar with each other. Whenever the two met, they would inevitably have a fight, and Zhuque would always put on a haughty and arrogant act.

"Little pig, where did you come from? Why have you been staying here all this time?" Li Xiuyuan teased half-jokingly. Just as Li Xiuyuan finished roasting the rabbit, Zhuque appeared in front of them, tearing off a front leg without any politeness and eating it. Clearly, it was another divine beast conquered by delicious food.

"I come from a very far place. Because I've been here for so long, I don't even know where I came from. I only know that I came from a very far place." Zhuque was rather carefree. So at this moment, she no longer remembered anything from over a thousand years ago.

All she knew was that her goal was the Millennium He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum), because she had suffered a severe injury and needed its treatment to recover to her previous level. Not only would her injuries be fully healed, but her internal energy would also be enhanced.

"But there's nothing here, so what are you doing here?" Nuwa asked Zhuque with a puzzled look, but a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes. Zhuque was just too outstanding. Even she, a woman, would be infatuated with him, let alone the men.

"I came here to protect the Ten Thousand Year He Shou Wu. I remember I was seriously injured before. Now, I want to get the Ten Thousand Year He Shou Wu to heal my wounds. I want revenge. Yes, I must take revenge!" Zhuque had long forgotten who her enemy was, because she had too many enemies. Now that so much time had passed, she had long forgotten who injured her. She only knew that she wanted revenge, she wanted revenge, she must take revenge.

"Are you searching for the ten-thousand-year-old He Shou Wu simply for revenge? If so, I have a pill here, the Marrow Cleansing Pill." The Marrow Cleansing Pill's function is to rebuild bones and muscles, expand his meridians, and further accelerate his cultivation.

Chapter 1039 A Bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills

Some people, due to the suppression of their bloodline and the narrowness of their bones, will remain at a certain level of cultivation and will not advance any further. At this time, the Marrow Cleansing Pill demonstrates its value; after using it, the person can reach a higher level.

"You mean the Marrow Cleansing Pill? How do you have one?" Zhuque stared intently at Li Xiuyuan upon hearing his words. The Marrow Cleansing Pill was something that all cultivators dreamed of, and it was priceless and unavailable in the Three Realms. How could a human possibly possess such a rare item?

"You don't need to worry about that, I have my own way." Li Xiuyuan saw that Dan had actually successfully attracted Zhuque's attention, and he was secretly delighted. It seemed that there was hope for this ten-thousand-year-old He Shou Wu.

"Tch, I think you're lying, aren't you?" Zhuque turned around and thought about it. How could he possibly have such a rare pill that everyone in the Three Realms coveted? If he really had the Marrow Cleansing Pill, it would probably have spread throughout the Three Realms by now.

"I, Li Xiuyuan, never lie. Besides, do you think I would lie to you about something like this?" Li Xiuyuan said seriously to Zhuque. He was an honest and trustworthy person, and he would never do anything like lying. The key point was that he really did have it, so there was no need for him to lie about it.

"Then show it to me. I'll only believe it after I've seen it!" Zhuque said to Li Xiuyuan with a hint of doubt. Could it be that this human really wasn't lying? Did he really have the Marrow Cleansing Pill? If he really did have the Marrow Cleansing Pill, that would be wonderful. If that were the case, then even without using the ten-thousand-year-old He Shou Wu, it could heal her serious injuries.

Li Xiuyuan took out a bottle from his spatial storage, which was filled with pills. Each pill was the size of a bean and shimmered with a faint golden light.

As soon as Li Xiuyuan opened the bottle, a refreshing fragrance wafted into his nose and mouth, instantly calming his mind and making him feel comfortable all over.

Even without taking it, just standing far away, one could feel the immense energy contained within the pill. Even though Zhuque didn't understand pills, she knew that this Marrow Cleansing Pill was not only real, but it was definitely a top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill.

"So, do you want it?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the Vermilion Bird opposite him without even blinking, busy as could be, but he wanted to put it into his arms.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Zhuque felt a pang of disappointment when she saw the pill she had been longing for being put into Li Xiuyuan's arms. She couldn't help but clench her fists. She really wanted the Marrow Cleansing Pill. If her desire wasn't so strong at first, it became extremely intense after seeing it.

He felt that these Marrow Cleansing Pills would be even more effective than the 10,000-year-old He Shou Wu. He counted them and found that even the first one was over a thousand years old, but none of them were as comfortable as the smell of the pills she had just absorbed. The smell of the pills was so pleasant that she didn't want to leave and wanted to keep smelling them forever.

"Do you want it? As long as you agree to one condition, you can have this bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills." Li Xiuyuan had many such pills, so in his eyes, this was just a bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills. Further cultivation would only require a little more effort.

"Tell me your conditions," Zhuque said. She was indeed tempted by Li Xiuyuan's offer. As long as his conditions weren't too unreasonable, she thought she could agree to them.

"I want the ancient He Shou Wu that you've been protecting." Li Xiuyuan boldly stated his request. He believed that Zhuque was a smart person and would know what to do. This was not a single Marrow Cleansing Pill, but a whole bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills.

Moreover, the benefits of the Marrow Cleansing Pill are self-evident and known to everyone. Furthermore, one can use the Marrow Cleansing Pill three times. Of course, the first use will be more effective, while the second and third uses will not be as effective as the first, but they are still acceptable.

In other words, the first time you reach your body's limit, using a Marrow Cleansing Pill can expand your meridians. Then, when your body reaches its limit again after using the Marrow Cleansing Pill, you can still use another Marrow Cleansing Pill, and it will open up your meridians even wider. I think no one would refuse such a good thing.

The width of one's meridians determines the level and height of their cultivation. Everyone dreams of having wider and larger meridians. Now, such an opportunity is presented to them. If they can refuse it, then they certainly do not understand cultivation.

"How can I believe what you're saying? If you're lying to me, then wouldn't I have been tricked after handing over the Wan Nian and He Shou Wu?" Although Zhu Que really wanted those Marrow Cleansing Pills, she didn't know if they were real ones. She didn't dare take the risk now because she was too eager to improve her cultivation.

"Of course, you can try one first to verify if what I said is true." You generously took out a pill from beside you and handed it to Zhuque.

At first, he hesitated to go out, but for the sake of his cultivation path, he decided to take the gamble. There was only one reason: Li Xiuyan didn't seem like a bad person. This simple girl decided to take the Marrow Cleansing Pill for this reason.

"Fine, I'll take the plunge," Zhuque thought to herself. She closed her eyes and put the Marrow Cleansing Pill into her mouth. The pill melted instantly upon entering her mouth, and there was no going back now.

The energy of the Marrow Cleansing Pill entered the Vermilion Bird's internal organs and circulated through its limbs. Gradually, cold sweat began to pour from the Vermilion Bird's head.

The initial pain was bearable, but it became increasingly excruciating as time went on. It felt like every hair on his body ached, and every breath was painful and unbearable. It was as if a truck was running over his body from top to bottom, leaving no part untouched.