Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 304 - 198 Human Immortal Skill dharma form, Eighty-Seven Fundamental Paths_2

Chapter 304: Chapter 198 Human Immortal Skill dharma form, Eighty-Seven Fundamental Paths_2

After another quarter of an hour, two Qiankun Bags had been swept clean, and the White Feathered Bird very obediently shed its feathers.

A total of fifteen feathers, enough for each member of the group to receive one without a problem.

Gu Wen handed each feather to Jun Yan, who looked at it in his hand and then furrowed his brow, visibly pained, and backed away.

"You eat it."

Upon hearing this, Gu Wen was first startled, then quickly drew his Immortal Sword with a wary look on his face, "Return the body to the Old Lord."

"Scram."

Jun Yan’s pale face turned livid with anger. Gu Wen was merely joking, and he sheathed the Immortal Sword with a laugh, "Why are you suddenly being so kind?"

Heavenly Corpses would absolutely not refuse to take Spiritual Roots of the Immortality Pill because these could enhance their chances of becoming immortal. What was strange was that usually, Jun Yan was not so benevolent, at least not enough to give up the Immortality Pill roots willingly.

"Since this thing can regenerate, we aren’t in a rush for the moment, and besides, I don’t want to give the old guy any advantages."

Jun Yan bit on his nails, seeming to restrain his bloodthirsty nature.

"Whether it’s me or Chi Yu Zi, we can only hope for a turn of fate when you become immortal."

Gu Wen’s feelings momentarily relaxed as he spoke, "Becoming immortal is not far off, but is there still time? Chi Yu Zi has only eight hundred years left, Yu Hua one hundred years, and you could die any moment."

"Who in this world can escape death?"

Jun Yan leaned back in his chair, one foot propped up on the table, gazing out at the ceiling thoughtlessly.

"Cultivation, immortal cultivation, human cultivation, I don’t even know what I’ve been cultivating this lifetime. Qi Cultivation, Divine Soul Cultivation, Daoist Heart Cultivation, I don’t know what I have achieved. In the end, just a furnace, a Demi Immortal that’s nothing special, just born earlier than us."

"If we were born ten thousand years earlier, they would be the ones destined to be furnaces."

Shouldn’t it be their turn to become immortals? Gu Wen felt a bit helpless, as Jun Yan’s nature had always been somewhat evil, a very standard villain.

"Red Dust, why do you cultivate?"

"To survive, to not be oppressed."

Gu Wen answered without hesitation, leaving Jun Yan stunned as he had not expected such a plain truth.

He had thought Gu Wen might be different, after all, ranking at the pinnacle of the earthly rankings, and probably first on the human rankings by now. But it turns out Gu Wen was just like them, merely trying to survive.

"Can’t you say something more profound and grand?"

Jun Yan was slightly speechless, then, as if to demonstrate, he shouted, "Cultivation is for gaining power and prestige. When they make us immortals, then I will rule the Demon Sect, the dead nuns rule the Buddhist Sect, and Chi Yu Zi rules the Daoist Sect, and we will proclaim you the Supreme of the Human Race."

"That’s not very grand either."

Gu Wen rolled his eyes, then turned to Chi Yu Zi, who was quietly sitting beside him, and asked, "What do you want to do after becoming immortal?"

"Kill Chi Ling."

"And after that?"

"I don’t know, but I will follow you first."

"Little girl."

Jun Yan could not help but mock her, followed immediately by a kick from Chi Yu Zi which sent him flying through the door, soaring a hundred yards into the air.

When he ran back, he saw Chan Xi, dressed in a Daoist robe with the Bagua design, walking down and responding to Gu Wen’s question very seriously, even somewhat rigidly.

"Asking the way to immortality is the aspiration of us Cultivators, yet it is not the ultimate goal. If I were to become immortal, the first thing would be to fulfill Qingcang Master’s longstanding wish, to stand for the people, and afterward, continue to delve deeper into the Great Dao, striving for higher levels."

Jun Yan complained, "Here comes another good student; in comparison, Red Dust, you are a lot more normal."

Boom!

A thunderclap suddenly resounded, and Jun Yan was sent flying again.

Gu Wen twitched his mouth and said, "I know you don’t like the corporeal scent on him, but you can’t just take any opportunity to hit someone."

"Really?"

Chan Xi blinked innocently.

Then Gu Wen handed the Immortality Pill root to Chan Xi, who cautiously examined it in her hand, then also backed away.

"If I were to eat it," she said, "right now my junior brother needs a push to consolidate the Nine-Nine Dao Foundation; it would be a waste for us."

Eating it could hasten her Dao Foundation Perfection or help her step into the Ninth Level of Dao Foundation sooner. However, Chan Xi was certain that she would stop at the Ninth Level Dao Foundation, without achieving immediate perfection.

No one from ancient times had achieved perfection.

But Gu Wen gave her hope; perhaps he could achieve this tremendous feat.

Gu Wen glanced at Chi Yu Zi, no need to hand over the Immortality Pill, she had already shaken her head.

Thus, he could only consume all of them himself. If it had been before, monopolizing the benefits would have made him very happy, but this time it felt somewhat burdensome.

Gu Wen returned to his room and sat down in meditation.

[Heavenly Marrow for nine hundred years]

[Fate Diagram for Immortal attainment further reduces a thousand years, needing Heavenly Marrow for eight thousand years]

Fifteen roots of Immortality Pills, each for forty years, fifteen roots equated to six hundred years.

Gathering Nanshui, Luo River, and the canals connecting the three adjacent counties, equivalent to one-third of the Daqian territory, provided Gu Wen with six hundred years of Heavenly Marrow all at once.

His judgement was not wrong, to become an immortal, one must compete for supremacy, one must possess more resources.

Gu Wen, with a thought, poured all the Heavenly Marrow into the Dao Foundation.

[Yuqing Daoji Eighth Level, dharma form achieved, Human Immortal formed, four hundred years of Heavenly Marrow needed]

With one breath, the Eighth Level Dao Foundation was completed.

Eighth Level Dao Foundation, uniting the Divine Soul and the body, encompassing Returning to Void, Unification, and the mysteries of Mahayana. Attaining the Eighth Level Dao Foundation, achieving Mahayana in this life was hopeful.

Gu Wen’s goal, naturally, was not just Mahayana; he set his sights on the Perfection of the Eighth Level Yuqing Daoji and the Sun Skill.

[Human Immortal dharma form Perfection, taking the human form, essence flawless, divine energy complete, six hundred years of Heavenly Marrow needed]

[Sun Skill, Yin and Yang unified, generating myriad forms, one hundred years of Heavenly Marrow needed per level]

[Heavenly Marrow for five hundred years]

Whether to cultivate the immortal skill first or step by step achieve the Human Immortal dharma form.

Neither was quite sufficient now, but a hundred years with the Sun Skill and at least five hundred years’ deficiency aren’t the same. Next, continue to move into the next county, or take down Lin Chuan, having a hundred years on hand.

But five hundred years may not be available, and even the ninth level foundation also needed.

Human Immortal dharma form isn’t bad either, and with human as the dharma form, perhaps it’s even more suitable for me... Gu Wen made his decision and closed his eyes to further stabilize his breath.

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Three days later.

Gu Wen slowly opened his eyes, the Human Immortal dharma form gradually revealed, no tens of thousands in size, just moonlight adorned with spots and feathers draped over his body.

Mana, Divine Soul, the senses all he could perceive, all he could command, endlessly extended.

Eventually, all converged into the only heaven-reaching power between heaven and earth, Gu Wen reached out and grasped, caught a strand of Spiritual Energy, stretched out his hand and pinched, controlling the atmosphere of the world in his palm.

Every intangible thing, couldn’t escape one palm.

Grasping, the most frequent motion after human birth.

"Have you condensed the Human Immortal dharma form?"

A jubilant voice came, a breeze blew, and in just a blink, a plain white figure appeared in the room, like an immortal brought by the evening breeze.

In the downstairs tavern, the barefoot jeweled Wu Kong the City Lord just stepped in, only to hear waves of Daoist charm through the void, he looked up, closed his eyes to listen, the sound getting more intense.

Reopening his eyes, Gu Wen walked down the stairs step by step, both pausing as their eyes met.

"Wu Kong senior."

Gu Wen slightly bowed, this remark made everyone downstairs realize, and Jiu Zhenjun suddenly turned around, looking at the doorway where no one stood.

But the words Wu Kong were deafening, because within Two Realms City, whenever the list was sealed and evaluated, it fell under the name Wu Kong.

City Lord Wu Kong said with a smile, "Congratulations young friend for reaching the peak of the Human List, I have prepared three rewards for you, hope they are enough."

"The gifts from the senior, it’s not about the quantity."

Gu Wen replied modestly and confidently, if it were someone else, it would just be flattering, but only he, a genius once in a lifetime, could make Wu Kong the Immortal feel comfortable hearing it.

"Hahaha, my young friend calls me senior, how could I be stingy?" Wu Kong waved his sleeve, space rippled with millions of ripples, sweeping across like plundering heaven and earth.

Eventually, ten stalks of Spiritual Medicine appeared out of thin air, each containing Spiritual Energy.

Gu Wen allowed the White Feathered Bird to consume them, transforming into Immortality Pills that he himself then swallowed, gaining a hundred years of Heavenly Marrow.

[Heavenly Marrow six hundred years]

Just enough to achieve perfection in the Human Immortal dharma form.