Chapter 980: The Five Spirits and the Methods

Chapter 980: Chapter 916: The Five Spirits and the Methods

The old Taoist’s words left everyone present dumbfounded.

They’ve heard strange requests before, but this one truly takes the cake.

Is there really someone who finds cultivation a burden?

Han Yu was naturally puzzled by the old Taoist’s absurd request.

He looked at the old Taoist’s rather carefree face and couldn’t help but ask in disbelief.

“Are you joking?”

The old Taoist gave a quirky smile, waved his hand, “I’m not joking, truly asking you to chop out my cultivation.”

He was only helping to test the pills, not aiming to restore his cultivation.

The most important point.

The old Taoist said solemnly, “The old ghost’s words are indeed correct, my insight into the power of words has greatly progressed recently, so this cultivation indeed doesn’t suit me now.”

It’s not that cultivation isn’t needed, but at this moment, it feels like shackles.

The wise old man barely managed to squeeze out this insight, he wouldn’t dare to gamble.

Might as well spread out the cultivation first, since Han Yu has the capability, he could keep one for him later.

Hmm, if he could chop out the cultivation of our leader, that fool, and prepare it for himself, even better.

After hearing the old Taoist’s explanation, everyone relaxed, it finally made sense.

They really thought the old Taoist had lost his mind, turns out it was for his cultivation rules.

Han Yu nodded, since the old Taoist wasn’t joking, he could freely exhibit his skill.

With one strike, a power of rules instantly enveloped the old Taoist.

Visible to the naked eye, he gradually aged, returning once more to his elderly appearance, and Artifact Spirit reached into his pocket, producing another pill.

After the old Taoist’s attempt, this pill could only be consumed by someone in the Divine Dao Realm.

And it seems the only one at the Divine Dao Realm here is Mu Zili.

“For you?”

Artifact Spirit handed the pill to Mu Zili.

Unexpectedly, Mu Zili shook his head.

“My rules are at a crucial moment of merging with the Dharma Aspect, also unsuitable for consumption.”

His rules and Dharma Aspect are so well-matched, he intuitively wanted to combine them, unexpectedly not only feasible but allowing a perfect synthesis into a new technique.

At this moment, the pill is more of a poison to him.

Once consumed, it could disrupt his rhythm, outweighing the benefits.

“Or, maybe I could give it a try?”

In the crowd, a familiar voice suddenly sounded, and as everyone looked over, they saw Su Xiaoxiao, surrounded by Wang Xingzhi and others, speaking.

The old Taoist rolled his eyes and walked over, giving him a slap on the forehead, “Why would you eat it? Are you capable?”

Su Xiaoxiao was still missing the crucial step to enter, restless, or perhaps unable to endure solitude, briefly emerged for some air before returning to seclusion.

So he is still at the peak of Walking the Dao, not yet in the Divine Dao Realm.

Clearly, he can’t consume this pill.

“Then maybe Han Yu could whip up a few pills for the Walking the Dao cultivators and just push me directly to the Divine Dao Realm.”

Su Xiaoxiao shamelessly smiled, speaking cheerfully.

This suggestion brightened many eyes, thinking it was an excellent idea.

Mu Zili quietly walked over, smack! Mimicking the old Taoist, he slapped his forehead too, then calmly took his hand back, speaking softly.

“Didn’t you listen to a single word the old man said?”

They already compared the body to a vessel, cultivation to water; can a pond become a lake just by pouring more water?

No, first you need the capacity of a lake for the water to be of use.

Similarly, unless Su Xiaoxiao enters the Divine Dao Realm, he’s just a pond, simply pouring more water won’t achieve the Divine Dao.

And Han Yu’s pills seem to only pour water, not responsible for expanding or digging the pond, even possibly overwhelming the pond at any moment.

The words were not only aimed at Su Xiaoxiao but also at everyone else, to prevent anyone from having sudden whimsical ideas that could actually cause trouble later.

“Actually, there’s a second matter.”

Han Yu’s expression turned serious, this matter is also important.

He and Artifact Spirit have both encountered the rules, Artifact Spirit was repelled by the rules, and he couldn’t grasp the rules.

In this situation, it shows that he, Artifact Spirit, and Ping are not the Heavenly Dao’s fallback for handling three thousand rules.

Indeed, this is worth pondering.

“But the old ghost wouldn’t speak aimlessly, and placing the fallback beside you is most reasonable.”

The old Taoist frowned and quickly responded.

The chaos in Central Continent is such that placing it beside Han Yu is safest, otherwise, placing it anywhere else could lead to issues.

A group of people brainstormed, pondering what else could be by Han Yu’s side.

Someone wanted to mention items of the Heavenly Dao, but was swiftly refuted.

“Since he’s sure that none on him are the rules, then naturally they wouldn’t be items of the Heavenly Dao.”

“If it’s not the Artifact Spirit, then what else could it be?”

“There might really be something.”

Suddenly, Quan Xiaotong spoke up. Besides the Artifact Spirit and Ping being closely related to Han Yu, isn’t it the same with Divine Techniques?

“It’s useless. I can’t touch the rules, which means it has nothing to do with my Divine Techniques either.”

Han Yu explained, the Divine Techniques can only bring the Five Elements World, he can’t even touch the rules, thinking of using the Five Elements World to contain the rules is nothing but a daydream.

Quan Xiaotong, however, smiled broadly, “Who said it must be a Divine Technique, why can’t it be something else?”

Don’t forget, Han Yu’s Divine Techniques are closely related to the Five Elements Spirit Body, all changes are brought by these spirit bodies, so why can’t it be them?

“What use could they be?”

Xia Wuyou voiced the doubts of many.

In terms of power, they don’t have much power; other than helping Han Yu advance in Divine Techniques, they seem to have no other use.

“But these are the only things left closely related to Han Yu.”

Quan Xiaotong spoke casually, he was different; since everything else was excluded, this must be it, no matter how far-fetched, it must be the correct answer.

And his character was always to assume first, and then figure out how to verify.

The others found it far-fetched simply because they hadn’t found evidence. Quan Xiaotong thought that since only these spirit bodies were left, it was actually easier to manage.

Under the sea.

Aboard a certain Celestial Wave Crossing, the five little ones huddled together; though they hadn’t popped their heads out, staying on the ship, they somewhat knew about the outside world.

For example, the rules, and how Han Yu had gotten even stronger again.

“Do you think, now that Han Yu’s stronger, his spirit body will get stronger too?”

The Earth Spirit felt enduring fear deep down due to the Artifact Spirit, every sight of it sent shivers.

The Artifact Spirit really beat it too hard.

The other spirit bodies agreed; among them, except for the Water Spirit, who hadn’t been beaten by the Artifact Spirit and suffered at its hands?

“Hey, you all are here!”

Just as the five were complaining, a familiar and terrifying voice rang out.

The Artifact Spirit stood with hands on hips in front of them, a large crowd of powerful beings surrounding the entire deck.

At first glance, it looked like it had come to raid the house.

Especially now as the Artifact Spirit was in high spirits, causing the five spirits to beat with apprehension.

“Speak, did the dog Heavenly Dao arrange something for you five?”

The Artifact Spirit stepped forward, speaking fiercely, and even drew the West River Slash to brandish.

The five spirits were so frightened they kept retreating; they were born of heaven and earth, naturally afraid of rules also born of heaven and earth.

Central Continent was also startled, fearing the Artifact Spirit would go too far.

The West River Slash is unlike other means, a single slash and things truly could be amiss, a careless scrape could doom these spirit bodies.

Han Yu rolled his eyes repeatedly, pulling it back with one hand.

Then he stepped forward to talk, the five spirits still nervous, the Fire Spirit even clucking non-stop.

Hearing it, complaints soon followed.

“Don’t let it out to scare people in the future.”

See how it scared them, unable to calm down even now.

The Artifact Spirit, hearing this, wanted to jump off Han Yu’s head again, scaring the five spirits further back, nearly retreating to nowhere.

Strangely enough, the five spirits weren’t afraid of Han Yu, only the Artifact Spirit.

After all, it really dares to beat them to death!

After the commotion, Han Yu feebly called a stop, then retold the story of the rules and what the wise elder had said before asking.

“So, did the Heavenly Dao give you any means or set any arrangements for you?”

The Fire Spirit shook its duck-like head continuously, “I was caught since waking up, besides my own body, I haven’t even seen the Heavenly Dao.”

The Wood Spirit, being the first spirit body obtained, might also be the oldest among the spirit bodies.

It was probably the most likely to have contact with the Heavenly Dao.

But the Wood Spirit’s deer-like face showed a very humanlike confusion, then it shook its head, calling out repeatedly.

Beside it, Qing Wan explained crisply, “The Wood Spirit said when it woke up it was already in the mountains, knowing nothing about the Heavenly Dao.”

The Golden Spirit’s experience was similar, except the Wood Spirit was worshipped by villagers, while it was worshipped as an artifact by Xia Wuyou and the others for a thousand years.

The Water Spirit didn’t need Han Yu to ask, speaking up crisply itself.

“I was born from the Bailu River and have always stayed there since birth.”

The Gold, Wood, Water, and Fire Spirits had no memories related to the Heavenly Dao.

So only the Earth Spirit remained.

A fish circled the Water Spirit continuously, who knows why the Earth Dao’s embodiment took on the form of a fish.

And it’s inexplicably fond of water.

Bubbles sprayed from its mouth, the Water Spirit’s beautiful face showing astonishment, as did the others.

“It says it might know…”