Chapter 469: Chapter 425: Incense Fire Refining God Technique

Jiang Yuebai, upon finishing her reading, discovered that Incense Power’s greatest effect on cultivators is to accelerate cultivation and shape the Merit Golden Body.

Merit can counterbalance one’s evil karma, and if one can shape a Merit Golden Body with Incense Power, they can easily withstand Heavenly Tribulation, possibly even advancing without encountering tribulation.

However, achieving this requires accumulation of Incense Power for perhaps a thousand or even ten thousand years, and if interrupted, all previous efforts will be in vain.

Furthermore, Incense Power comes from mortal desires, and as such desires are mixed with Incense Power, the more one absorbs into the body, the more illusory it becomes.

During the Refining Void Stage, one must cut off their own illusions, as these mortal desires will impede the path to cultivation. The only way is to reincarnate with the Merit Golden Body, using reincarnation to sever illusions.

Unfortunately, once reincarnated, all previous memories are forgotten, and whether one can cultivate to the prior realm involves too many variables.

In general, though Incense Power is good, it is poisonous; unless necessary, cultivators should avoid absorbing it.

The mountain spirits and specters have no other cultivation methods, hence they chose the Incense Cultivation Method. As long as Incense Power is sufficient, early cultivation can progress rapidly.

Jiang Yuebai certainly won’t absorb Incense Power herself, but she greedily wants to gain benefits, thus she thought of a compromise.

The Five Ghosts refined through the Five Ghosts Scripture have no consciousness; they are ghost bodies, under her control.

The Ghost Path belongs to the Evil Dao, and Jiang Yuebai remains unaware of the Upper Realm’s perception of the Evil Dao and Demon Dao. However, from the Supreme Elder’s few words, one can sense that the Upper Realm still places the righteous Dao first.

The cultivation of Dharma Body in Divine Dao has similarities with Ghost Path, yet it belongs to the righteous Dao.

To whiten the Five Ghosts into righteous Dao’s Incense Fire Dao Soldiers means they no longer need to be concealed. They can be used at any time, essentially granting her five more aides.

Most importantly, if she can refine the Five Ghosts into Merit Golden Bodies, then when Heavenly Tribulation comes, she can use the Five Ghosts to withstand it, isn’t that it?

Wonderful, wonderful, she truly is a genius! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Additionally, within the "Incense Cultivation Method," there is also a method of using Incense Power to refine Incense money. Incense money can not only nourish the Five Ghosts and refine magic treasures of the Divine Dao, but also serve as currency in places where Divine and Ghost Dao are prevalent, to purchase heavenly materials and earthly treasures born from these paths.

In the Ghost Market of Asura Domain, she once saw Ghost Dao cultivators trading with Incense money.

After acquiring the Merfolk Pearl she browsed through ancient books and once saw an ancient elixir formula, which is lost to time. It used Merfolk Pearl as the main ingredient, supplemented by Yellow Springs Flower, soaked in Three Paths River Water, then added with more than ten precious spiritual medicines, using the Water Refining Method to refine the Breaking Calamity Pill. This can increase the success rate of Nascent Soul formation by thirty to fifty percent, and also has the effect of resisting the Nascent Soul’s heart demon.

Both Yellow Springs Flower and Three Paths River Water can only be obtained by Ghost Dao cultivators.

Considering her own Foundation Establishment and Core Formation circumstances, Jiang Yuebai thinks preparing the Breaking Calamity Pill in advance is quite necessary.

Besides the Breaking Calamity Pill, the Nascent Soul formation method in the "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill" is different from ordinary methods, and she needs to prepare many things. The first is a place with abundant spiritual energy that is absolutely safe, and it’s best if there is someone to protect her.

"True Monarch Fuyi, I miss you so much~"

Since the Master is not around, only True Monarch Fuyi and the Supreme Elder are the most reliable contacts for her in the Upper Realm.

Jiang Yuebai made a copy of the "Incense Cultivation Method" for herself, keeping it for later use, and then searching for better Incense Fire Dao methods. She took out a golden page no bigger than her palm, cautiously injecting her divine sense into it.

Before long, Jiang Yuebai felt a fragmentary rune, within which was a strange power connecting heaven and earth.

She forcibly erased the Incense mark left by a Yellow Skin in the rune, leaving her own divine sense mark.

Through the fragmentary rune, the sense of perception was amplified.

She "saw" mountains, streams, river valleys, and earth, the range is not large, but within her perception, from the minerals inside a mountain to the earth energy under a piece of land, down to a spider silk on a mushroom under a tree, she could feel them clearly.

Moreover...

With a thought moving, Jiang Yuebai opened her eyes and looked down, an iron ore from the mountain appeared in her palm.

She tried again, discovering that within any area governed by this fragmentary rune, she could take anything with a thought, including those small animals powerless against her strength.

Jiang Yuebai grabbed a gray rabbit by the ears, muttering, "Pity I’ve been fasting for many years, otherwise I’d roast you for sure. Go on."

Releasing the gray rabbit, Jiang Yuebai felt even more determined to obtain this Imperial Decree Golden Book. If she could collect a complete set to cover the entire Dongyue Continent, she could explore every corner of Dongyue Continent in an instant.

With Yann Hongyu and Little Green not back yet, Jiang Yuebai continued to use the golden page fragments to perceive the areas governed by Yellow Skin and Yann Hongyu.

After a probe, she found nothing of value, as expected. If there were such methods, they certainly would have exploited every inch of the land, collecting all good things.

Besides, the Iron Palm Realm has already entered the destruction period, with the highest cultivation only at Golden Core Peak, overall impoverished, and nothing much left.

Jiang Yuebai withdrew her perception and studied the method for refining Incense money, roughly estimating that the accumulate Incense Power from Yellow Skin and Yann Hongyu could only refine eight pieces of Incense money. She’s unsure how much in value they can buy, but certainly not much.

Previously in Merfolk Country, she spent over ten times that much with just one Little Demon Technique.

"A proper Mountain God, yet so poor!"

Just as dawn was breaking, a streak of green light rushed in from outside, nearly colliding with Jiang Yuebai’s face. Little Green Lantern turned from green to gold, looking quite pleased.

"Lord Immortal, I brought you Lord Guangling, get in!"

Yann Hongyu flicked her black hair covering her face backwards, flaunting with bleeding from her seven orifices and blue face, arrogantly dragging in a pale-faced scholar in front of Jiang Yuebai.

The pale-faced scholar had bruises all over, with burn marks everywhere, appearing pitiful.

Yann Hongyu retreated to stand behind Jiang Yuebai like a guard, akimbo and haughty.

Jiang Yuebai sitting below the divine statue couldn’t help but glance at her, causing Yann Hongyu to shiver, awkwardly forcing a smile and lowering her akimbo hands, curling herself up like a quail.

Only then did Jiang Yuebai retract her gaze, while one floated Little Green, the other stood Yann Hongyu. She sat right in the center with the pale-faced scholar kneeling before.

The pale-faced scholar fearfully glanced at Little Green. Upon sensing Yellow Skin being killed, he immediately dispatched to see who dared to move his divine envoy, only to encounter Little Green and Yann Hongyu midway.

As soon as the Earth Evil Fire on Little Green ignited, he realized he was in trouble with formidable people.

He tried to escape, but couldn’t.

Calming his mind, Guangling lowered his stance, cupped his hands and bowed.

"Guangling pays respect to Lord Immortal. May I know the purpose of Lord Immortal’s sudden visit to our Dongyue Continent?"

Guangling secretly assessed Jiang Yuebai, while she assessed him. Previously, she hadn’t seen a ghost cultivated into Dharma Body. Now seeing Guangling, indeed he’s different from average ghosts with eerie Yin Qi; his aura is entirely without chill, fair and harmonious with threads of warmth.

Jiang Yuebai raised a friendly smile, "Don’t be afraid, I’m just passing through here, having lost something. I want to borrow the Imperial Gold Book from you and your subordinate Mountain Gods, are you willing? If not, it’s okay, we can renegotiate alternately."

Little Green stepped forward and the Demonic Fire on the lantern flared up intensely.

Guangling, terrified, shouted, "Willing! Willing!"

Although the Imperial Gold Book is important, life is more so.

Upon saying this, he swiftly summoned half the Imperial Gold Book from within, presenting it with both hands.

Jiang Yuebai raised her hand and absorbed the half Imperial Gold Book into it, sending in her divine sense—what a treasure! The Incense Power inside could easily refine a thousand Incense money.

"Now call upon all the Mountain Gods and River Gods under your command, any kind of god to me, and once I find what I’m looking for, I will leave naturally without bothering you."

"Yes, I will proceed immediately, at once."