Chapter 4, Golden Goose Skill
Everything has turned into nothingness with the vicissitudes of time
I have become wealthy!
Since last night, Fang Ling has been faced with two choices: to ascend the mountain or to descend. In the end, Fang Ling decided to go up. Although the ascent is fraught with more dangers, he believes that with the tour map in his heart, those places that others fear like the plague will not have a significant impact on him
If it were not for this map of Mount La, Fang Ling would not even know how far she could travel on the road leading to Xianglong Temple
As Bai Qi was absorbed into his abdomen, Fang Ling felt a surge of excitement within. According to the memories of his master, reaching the third level of Qi Refinement would enable one to lift two thousand pounds.
After a brief moment of hesitation, Fang Ling plucked the Eagle Snake Fruit and slowly brought it to her mouth. At this moment, strength was of utmost importance; as for how to break through later, that was a matter for the future
This feeling should be the latent consciousness of the main subject
If one does not have a map, arriving at this place is essentially a matter of certain death.
After twenty-four weeks of operation, Fang Ling began to feel somewhat anxious
... ...
Golden goose soaring, wandering through the void, occasionally gaining insights, casually doodling... Qiu ChujI!
Looking down, one can see the back of the stone, where there are some figures of small people. These small figures appear to be flipping in mid-air, and beneath them, there are even more inscriptions.
Fang Ling grasped the two edges of the stone with both hands, channeling her internal energy, and directly lifted the stone up.
For most monks, this eagle-snake fruit is a rare and valuable item that can be encountered but not sought after, although this medicinal herb loses its efficacy after the second use
Unfortunately, Changchunzi only left behind the Golden Goose Skill here; it would have been even better if he had left some other essential martial arts techniques of the Quanzhen School
Regarding the Golden Goose Technique, Fang Ling has some recollections from her previous life. At this moment, with Qiu Chuji's notes in hand, how could she not pay close attention to them?
This Golden Goose skill can be considered as having achieved a minor level of mastery, thus there is no need for these writings
This relieved him greatly
This discovery startled Fang Ling
Although this is just a Sunday, many people become obsessed due to their inability to achieve success effortlessly, forcing breakthroughs that lead to madness
Especially in terms of evading others' attacks, if he had mastered the Golden Goose Technique before confronting Roger, there would have been no need to take risks; he could have simply used the Golden Goose Technique to create distance between himself and Roger.
Sitting on the stone, Fang Ling was filled with emotion. The reason he was able to obtain the Eagle Snake Fruit was solely due to the Lasha Scenic Map
However, the arduous journey is equally accompanied by significant rewards. Although hesitant to delve deeper, Fang Ling's medicine basket still contains quite a few items
The moonlight shone on the platform at an unknown time, and Fang Ling, who was originally motionless like a stone, suddenly soared into the air, flying to a height of three zhang.
The auspicious Longguan of the Mysterious Mountain of Zhaoshan is not absent; rather, it has been eroded by the passage of time. What remains are merely this piece of rock and the inscriptions upon it
Compared to the medication, these two places left Fang Ling with nothing to reminisce about
When Fang Ling arrived at the Xianglong Temple, a slight stumble caused a large chunk of his flowing hair to fall out.
The last three words caused Fang Ling's mouth to open wide.
Clover, a full one hundred years of clover! Fang Ling had already collected quite a bit of clover, so he was very sensitive to it. He looked at the thick, spiral patterns at the base of the clover and immediately formed a definitive judgment.
Bang
As Fang Ling had anticipated, ascending posed no danger to him whatsoever. Although he could sense an increasing number of spatial rifts the higher he went, these rifts posed no harm to Fang Ling.
Fang Ling threw the stone to the ground, and as she watched the rolling stone, a feeling of wanting to cry unexpectedly arose in her eyes
Fang Ling followed the route onto the platform. After a brief moment of contemplation, he did not immediately examine the plants, but instead used his long sword to fell a small tree that was over one zhang tall. He then slowly used the small tree to look around.
Qiu Chuji, is this not Changchunzi of the Quanzhen Sect
Boom
That surge of heat rushed into the internal energy like a man encountering the spring palace, causing Fang Ling to feel that the speed of his internal energy circulation had doubled.
It is said that Xianglong Temple is the place where he practiced cultivation in those years, and it seems that this rumor is indeed true
At this time, one would typically settle down, but Fang Ling, as she was about to land, moved her feet and walked thirteen steps in mid-air.
After placing an eagle snake fruit into his backpack, Fang Ling arrived at the Jade Emperor Hall and the Bi Xia Yuan Jun Shrine. Unfortunately, apart from the platform and medicinal herbs similar to those at the Xianglong Temple, there was nothing else here
Ten years yield two hundred gold, twenty years of clover yields five hundred gold, and a hundred years of clover would yield at least a thousand gold or more
Not only are there countless cracks of all sizes in the space, many silent and unnoticed sinkholes appear and disappear without a trace, the number of which is beyond comprehension
Although there is no Xianglong Pavilion, this platform at least provides him with a place to rest
Hmm, what is this
If sold to Zhenbao Pavilion, it would be at least 10,000 taels of gold
The transition from the second level of Qi cultivation to the third level involves breaking through the circulation of internal energy from the twenty-fourth celestial circuit to the twenty-fifth celestial circuit
The internal energy circulated rapidly within Fang Ling's body, and Fang Ling felt that the meridians within him had been expanded by one third, while the speed of the internal energy's flow had increased by three times
Breathing out like a sword, cultivating energy at the third level
After resting on the ground for a while, Fang Ling finally began to seriously examine the items on this platform
At the location of the Jade Emperor's Hall, Fang Ling saw more than a dozen Eagle Snake Fruits, but he did not pick any more. He feared the consequences; if he were to take these more than a dozen Eagle Snake Fruits out, he might end up without a burial place.
This stone should weigh two thousand catties
Fang Ling carefully examined all the writings and understood that it was on a certain year's evening when Qiu ChujI observed the wild geese flying north. As a result, he was inspired and further advanced his practice of the Golden Goose Skill of the Quanzhen Sect
In a moment of joy, he inscribed his gains upon a rock.
The moment the long pole extended beyond the platform, Fang Ling felt a shift in the air before her eyes, and the long pole in her hand was silently severed into two halves
There is no danger, there is no danger, likewise there is no danger
The platform is covered with vegetation of varying heights
A mouthful of white vapor, resembling a three-foot-long white sword, was expelled from Fang Ling's mouth
Looking up at the mountain peak, with a distance of over 200 meters remaining, Fang Ling was just about to start ascending. In the hazy distance, he seemed to see a large tree shimmering with specks of colorful light under the sunlight
Under the illumination of the sun's rays, this white mist refracts specks of colorful light
However, Fang Ling soon regained consciousness. Both the experiences from his previous life and his journey in this world clearly informed him of one thing: having wealth without corresponding strength is akin to being seen as a fat pig by others, and at any moment, he could be directly slaughtered by someone.
Not to mention anything else, just the more than twenty years of clover alone amounts to seven plants. Based on the prices remembered by the owner, this basket of herbs is estimated to be worth nearly two thousand gold coins.
On the road to the Xianglong Temple, Fang Ling felt increasingly apprehensive.
Call!
Accompanied by a slight tremor, the twenty-fifth week of the celestial cycle, which had previously caused the master great suffering, was instantly surpassed by Fang Ling.
As Fang Ling looked at the platform covered with various herbs, it was as if she saw a ground full of gold
Fang Ling spent half an hour exploring this platform, and the entire platform posed no danger whatsoever
The location of the Xianglong Temple has finally arrived, but where is the Xianglong Temple here? What unfolds before Fang Ling is a platform that is only thirty acres in size.
As Fang Ling's fingers unconsciously brushed against the stone surface, she suddenly felt that the stone surface was slightly concave inward
For cultivators below the seventh layer of Qi Refinement, a single Eagle Snake Fruit is sufficient to enable them to break through to the next level of cultivation
In his previous life, Fang Ling was an orphan. He had long since become accustomed to living a life where he had to split a single yuan in half to make ends meet. His dream was to rely on his own hands to become one of the wealthy.
The master from some time ago fell at this hurdle
Taking control of one's own destiny is not merely a matter of words; it requires strength and capability
His gaze scanned the surroundings a few times, and he saw a stone, about the size of a table, quietly lying on the ground
Lightly landing on one side of the stone, Fang Ling gazed at Changchunzi's characters, waving his hand to directly erase all the words.
This is to observe the surroundings for any potential dangers
Eagle Snake Fruit, Grade 8 Spiritual Medicine
one circle, two circles, three circles
This is the eagle-snake fruit. Fang Ling arrived at the left side of the platform and looked at a red fruit hanging on a small branch, about the size of a fist. The fruit has two distinct protrusions, one shaped like an eagle and the other like a snake
As the sun rises in the east, Fang Ling collects all the usable medicines from the Xianglong Observation Platform into his backpack, which is now more than half full.
At this moment, Fang Ling, under the moonlight, does not resemble a person; rather, she truly resembles a soaring wild goose.
However, these writings now appear very faint, giving a sense of being on the verge of being erased by the passage of time
At the beginning, Mingming was exploring the space fissures or various pits marked correctly on the map, which surprisingly became closer and closer to him
As Fang Ling felt the ease of arriving at this secret realm of Mount La, a strong impulse to laugh heartily towards the sky arose within him. This impulse was not only from the master but also from himself
The third level of Qi cultivation, which I have been striving for, was easily achieved with the help of the Eagle Snake Fruit
As Fang Ling consumed the Eagle Snake Fruit, he felt a surge of heat circulating within his chest and abdomen. Following the memories of his master, Fang Ling gradually activated the Fang family's ancestral cultivation technique, and the internal energy began to circulate rapidly within his body
Although the Golden Goose Skill may not be considered an exceptional martial art, Fang Ling felt that with this skill, his combat effectiveness and ability to evade others' attacks had improved by fifty percent
And now, a golden path has appeared before him
However, compared to gold, what attracts Fang Ling even more is the efficacy of this eagle-snake fruit
After more than twenty trials, Fang Ling can be certain that this platform poses no danger whatsoever; however, the surroundings of the platform are a hundred times more dangerous than usual