Beauty helps me achieve immortality

The moonlight is clear and bright, like silk and mist.

South of Songshan County, the howling of wolves and barking of dogs were heard in the desolate countryside.

Into a dilapidated old temple came several hurried peddlers.

The men all looked pale, and they didn't even have time to take off the load frames from their shoulders.

They hurriedly picked up the scattered wood chips and piled them at the entrance of the dilapidated temple...

Some people frantically tore at the cotton on their jackets, while others leaned against the wall in sheltered areas to start fires...

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Sanniu, how did you lead me on the right path? And you even led me into a wolf's den!"

The man called Sanniu had a bitter look on his face. He grabbed the tinderbox and ignited the cotton wool in his collar, complaining non-stop, "This is just how it is in Songshan. There's nothing we can do about it."

"It's still good if we meet a pack of wolves. If we run into a bear den, all of us brothers will really die."

quickly.

A raging fire broke out outside the ruined temple, and everyone gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

Some people took out the bread they had brought with them, threw it into the fire to roast and share, while others shared some wine to warm themselves.

"Did Brother Niu always hide in this dilapidated temple when he passed through Songshan in the past?"

Sanniu was not angry at being scolded. He grinned and said, "Hey! This temple is really useful."

"It's much better than the God of Land or the God of Mountain."

"Plus, wolves are afraid of fire. In the past, arriving at this temple at night was considered foolproof. But it was an old farmer who led me here in March."

Some people looked sideways at the statues in the temple and were stunned.

"What is this offering?!"

Hearing this, everyone looked sideways...

I saw that the wooden base of the dilapidated altar was cracked, and the statue that was originally there seemed to have been taken away. It was replaced by a huge jade carving, but it was also broken and only half of the base was left.

Sanniu laughed heartily: "You don't know, this broken statue is very spiritual."

"After my first visit in March, I encountered the collapse of the Yuzhong porcelain kiln. I collected a lot of good materials and sold them to the county."

"How much silver?" Everyone's attention was obviously not on the jade statue.

"Hehe." The man smiled brightly, stretched out his rough big hand and gestured with five fingers, indicating that everyone should guess the number themselves.

"Fifty taels!?"

Sanniu coughed noncommittally, then sighed, "I heard from the old farmer that this broken statue was found on the official road south of Songshan County... There's a dilapidated farm over there, covered in rubble."

"It's a pity that the statue was only half, otherwise it would have sold for a good price."

Upon hearing this, some people immediately became interested.

A few men gathered around the firelight, holding the jade carving, and began to examine it carefully: "What a beautiful jade!"

"What the hell do you know? This is not jade. It's clearly a piece of stone."

"Two years ago, I bought a jade lock for my son. It's much more beautiful than this broken stone..."

"This looks like a woman!?"

"Xiangzi, are you crazy about women? How can you tell it's a woman when it doesn't even have a butt?"

Among the group, there was a somewhat frail scholar who remained silent.

He originally went to Longxi with these traveling merchants...

Someone tugged at his sleeve in a nonchalant manner: "You know a lot, you taciturn fellow. Tell me what kind of stone this is?"

The scholar took the afterimage and rubbed it carefully...

A hint of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes, and his face was even paler than when he met the wolves just now.

Seeing this, everyone held their breath and waited for his answer.

"This seems to be..."

"..."

"Hey! What kind of jade is it? Just tell me!"

"Yes……"

"The statue of Empress Si You!"

"I've seen it in Wu'an! Although the size and texture are different, the posture and charm are almost the same."

"This jade statue is far superior to those in the towns. I've never seen one before..."

"Empress Si You?"

Sanniu looked puzzled. He had never heard of the term "empress".

However, there was obviously another man in the crowd, who came from the southwestern mountains and swamps.

He asked doubtfully, "My wife has gone to burn incense with others before, but there is also a Lady Siyou in Songshan?"

"Haha, you, my lady, are meddling too much."

The scholar shook his head solemnly, slowly placing the jade statue back on the altar. After a brief bow, he whispered, "The legend of the goddess is not long old, and is often seen in the mountains of the southwest..."

"To be able to meet the goddess in Songshan, perhaps someone made a special trip to the southwest to request the jade statue."

A jade statue specially ordered!?

After hearing this, several men began to think about it.

If it were just a broken stone picked up from the mountains, it would be fine, but to have it specially commissioned and carved so beautifully, it must have been the work of a wealthy businessman or official...

This afterimage should be able to sell for a price!

It's too late to say.

Almost instantly, a thin man grabbed the jade statue and threw it directly into his own box. "Such a magical stone, it will suffer too much if it is left in the mountains. Can you guys share the money from selling it?"

"Bah! Can you give me a share after you sell it?!"

"Bring it to me!"

The reckless man suddenly spoke angrily and raised his hand to fight for it.

Seeing this, the scholar frowned and said kindly, "This jade statue has never been moved in the mountains. It must have a special meaning. It's better not to do anything rash..."

"Fuck off!"

"What could possibly be so particular?!"

Woo-woo!

Before the noise in the temple died down, the shrill howl of a wolf could be heard here.

Everyone was surprised and looked back into the distance.

The blazing flames before my eyes were blazing, and the flying wood made crackling sounds, which made the cold night outside the temple even darker and more silent.

Several people's hearts suddenly sank.

I saw pairs of green wolf eyes... beginning to converge in the dark night.

Deep in the mountains, a cold and gloomy wind blows, making people's hair stand on end and their livers and gallbladders feel cold.

"Put it back!"

"Do you want to die!?"

The man who was scolded glared angrily. After hesitating and struggling in his heart, he grinned and said, "Isn't there still a fire?"

Ouch——!

The whole world seemed to be frozen, and the low animal sounds seemed to be right next to my ears.

The dead trees in the mountains and forests swayed rustlingly, but the mournful sound of the wind disappeared.

The dark green wolf eyes in the pitch-black night also dimmed.

The only sound left between heaven and earth was that creepy roar, which kept echoing in the desolate countryside.

The tiger roars in the mountains and all the beasts are frightened!

Everyone was instantly horrified, and the reckless man hurriedly put the jade statue back to its original place, not daring to say another word.

Everyone knew that the terrifying commotion just now must have been related to them moving the jade statue.

Empress Si You?

"This, this, this..."

"Silence!"

On this cold night in early spring, beads of sweat were visibly oozing from the foreheads of several people, their faces were pale and uncertain, and their eyes were full of fear and panic.

My feet began to retreat again and again...

Outside the ruined temple, in the shadow cast by the fire.

A ferocious white tiger came slowly walking towards them. It was more than ten feet long, and its entire body, including its fur, forehead, feet and tail, was mostly snow-white, with fine black markings dotted around its body... It was particularly eye-catching in the pitch-black night.

The huge tiger eyes were emitting a faint blue fluorescence, as if they could understand human speech, mysterious and majestic.

A fishy wind blew in my face, and its sharp tiger claws reflected the moonlight, like dazzling ice spikes... stepping over the blazing flames.

The moment the fire went out.

Everyone immediately fled in all directions without another word being spoken. Even the frail scholar rushed out of the temple like a madman, closing his eyes and heading towards the giant tiger.

In the darkness, he could even feel... that he seemed to have touched the creepy tiger body.

The howling of wolves began to be heard again in the deep mountains.

The few people who fled were already soaked to the skin. With their lives hanging by a thread, no one cared about the statue of the goddess anymore, let alone the shopping basket and the jacket...

The moon is cold like frost.

The desperate shadow under the moon seemed to have lost its mind. Even though it had lost its shoes and clothes, it still staggered and rolled desperately.

Common name: scared out of one's wits.

In the dilapidated temple, the majestic white tiger never made any further movements. It just stared at the residual image on the altar, and then lay quietly beside the extinguished fire.

"Big cat!"

A cheerful female laughter came from far away.

A fierce wind swept through the mountains and forests.

A small apricot-yellow boat floated over.

Zhao Qing had a strange look on his face. They hadn't even started looking for him when he was attracted by the tiger's roar.

It was the same when I was looking for candied fruits for Qing Huan before. I found all kinds of candied fruits with just a scan of my spiritual sense...

This is fucking weird, the luck of the man walking in blood is really abnormal.

"It's the jade statue in our family's ancestral hall." Qinghuan glanced at the majestic tiger eyes and focused his attention on the remaining image on the altar.

However, before Zhao Qing could speak.

The majestic white tiger... actually trembled its neck slightly, as if nodding.

The jade statue on the altar was none other than the same statue of the goddess that they had placed in the ancestral hall in the backyard of their home in Songshan—it was also the first statue of the goddess in the State of Chu.

Zhao Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to carefully sense the condition of the kitten.

It seems to be no different from an ordinary mountain monster. It is still in the late stage of Qi training and has not developed much consciousness yet.

For the animals that have consumed the blood of Polygonatum odoratum, its cultivation speed is already at the bottom of the list.

"Not alive?"

Zhao Qing chuckled and called out again, then casually handed the remaining statue on the altar to Qinghuan, and then took out a new complete stone statue and put it back in its original place.

Hearing Zhao Qing calling its name, the huge white tiger shook its neck again, stood up and slowly walked to his side.

Hong Ning reached out her slender hand, chuckled, and rubbed the majestic tiger's forehead, tormenting the kitten so much that its eyes closed tightly and its whiskers trembled. "How did you grow so big? Can't you get smaller?"

To this, Si Bu Shou did not respond at all.

It seemed that she didn't quite understand Hong Ning's words, and for her... growing up was already very difficult, and with her current cultivation level, it was really impossible for her to become smaller.

Zhao Qing smiled and embraced Qinghuan, holding her directly on the tiger's body, letting her sit sideways and support the tiger's forehead.

Qinghuan felt the soft touch beneath her body, the ups and downs of the muscles and bones that were unique to the monster beast were far superior to those of an ordinary horse.

Hong Ning bullied the kitten twice, and then stayed with Zhao Qing to examine the situation together.

Qinghuan was wearing a thin plain skirt, with her sleeves slightly gathered in her hands. She was sitting sideways on the tiger's body, looking extremely beautiful and enchanting, as if she was also a transformed demon cultivator.

Qing Huan's phoenix eyes rippled. She gently pressed the tiger's forehead and said with a smile, "Master, do you want to give it a Phoenix Emperor inheritance as well?"

"It's not like I'd make a trip to Tianyaozhou for nothing." Zhao Qing chuckled and nodded.

He planned to go home and wait until Shuyue successfully established her foundation, then he would ask the Blood-Robed Star to pass through and take Qinghuan to see the Phoenix Emperor's travels around the world, and get some of the Phoenix Emperor's inheritance.

Qinghuan needs it to refine the dragon bone. Sihe is a demon, so he naturally has to keep one in his hand so that he can use it when he uses the panel to repair his body in the future.

For Yujing Xingxing, the disciple inheritance is nothing.

At least he has the inheritance of a thousand blood robes in his hands. Even if he uses them all up, he can still ask his senior sister for more.

At worst... if you want someone to become a Blood Robe disciple, just take him to the Blood Palace of Yizhou and give him instructions.

"Hold on tight, don't get down."

Zhao Qing said this with a smile, and directly used his spiritual sense to lift Qinghuan and Baihu up, riding the wind and floating up, walking on the wind in front of the apricot yellow boat.

Qinghuan naturally responded with a smile to the rare instructions from her master.

The white tiger flew up and looked at the distant mountains and forests, feeling a little confused.

Ning Mei jokingly reminded from behind, "Be steady too. If Qing Huan gets hurt, I'll just throw you down."

Si Bu Shou's tiger eyes trembled, and there was a hint of resentment in his eyes, like a little girl who had been bullied.

The moonlight is bright and the night breeze is blowing.

The colorful white tiger is flying in the sky, majestic and full of charm.

Qinghuan leaned against the carriage with a smile on her face, her fluttering sleeves swaying under the bright moon.

She turned around and smiled at her master and Hong Ning, then gently stroked Tiger's forehead, took off her embroidered shoes, and threw them into the deep mountains and dense forests.

The white and soft legs are faintly visible under the skirt, the slender feet are like beautiful jade, and the flying hair on the shoulders... is also as beautiful as an ink painting.

……

……

On the top of Shouyun Mountain, in the Taoliu Palace Garden.

After the night banquet, the whole family went to the platform together, leaning against each other lazily and chatting.

The moon's shadow dances, and seventeen stars are dotted between the inverted Milky Way.

A hazy mist rose from the warm pond, and the waterfall roared loudly... However, beside the tea flower with its buds just beginning to appear, there was a white tiger lying quietly practicing.

"Ordinary demon cultivators need to obtain the Golden Core to transform."

"But that little wild horse seems to be still in the foundation-building stage. Fenghuang Tower has a secret method of early transformation."

Si He played with the wooden lamp, leaning on the soft couch and talking with a chuckle.

"After Shuyue has established her foundation, I will take Qinghuan to Tianyaozhou and we will be back in a day or two."

Zhao Qing and Aunt Ningmei all surrounded Shuyue and observed her practice.

Qinghuan returned to her previous self, neither trying to have fun nor joking, just quietly smiling at her master.

Shuyue sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, silently feeling the movements in her dantian.

After the Zhenxiu Talisman was activated, it disappeared from the Dantian.

The sound of piano is lingering in my ears and the fragrance is everywhere.

Hong Ning took out her pipa for the first time, held it in her arms and carefully played the Yue Zhonggui, doing her best to assist Shu Yue.

Zhao Qing and his aunt's spiritual consciousness also mobilized the spiritual energy in Shuyue's body at any time to help her complete the last step of foundation building.

The Taoist foundation transformed by the talisman was like a phantom, replacing the purple bead foundation that was originally being condensed.

In addition to a faint purple light floating up and down above it, there is also a cloud of misty green fog that sometimes gathers and sometimes dissipates.

One of these two is Shuyue's thunder spirit root, and the other is Tianxiang's flower seed.

After sensing with his spiritual sense that Shuyue's practice was going smoothly, Zhao Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

According to this situation, Shuyue will be able to successfully enter the foundation-building stage within twenty-four hours.

In addition to Nanxian's cultivation talisman, there are also Zizhu's Taoist foundation pills and Tianxiang's flower seeds to complement them, and the resulting Taoist foundation is at least over twelve inches.

Shuyue's future practice should not be too restricted by her qualifications.

From then on, the whole family were cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage...

As for Qing Huan's cultivation, she now has the support of multiple lineages of inheritance, not to mention that she has already gone through the realm of refining the spirit. It will not take two or three months to rebuild the foundation.

Shuyue's closed eyes trembled slightly, and a gentle smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

The melodious melody of the zither filled her ears, the fragrance drifted and her mind was connected. She felt that her spiritual energy had transformed into a huge wave, rapidly filling the shadow of the Dao foundation in her body...

In the gentle night breeze, there was a faint scent of osmanthus.

She felt as if she was in a quiet path bathed in the gentle moonlight, strolling at her leisure, stepping through a clear pool reflecting the cold moon.

In the distance is an uninhabited osmanthus forest, clear and cold, casting mottled moonlight.

……

After Zhao Qing's quiet guidance for an hour, Shuyue's foundation has become more solid, and she just needs to wait for things to come to fruition.

Hong Ning put away her pipa and gave him a playful look.

He understood immediately, looked at his aunt and chuckled, "Walk around the city?"

The aunt's beautiful eyes fluttered, a hint of suspicion appeared on her cold face. She glanced at Ning'er's mischievous eyes and said softly and teasingly, "The night is cold and lonely, so let it go."

Zhao Qing: ???