Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2263: 155: Perception_2

Wang Ba’s gaze swept over these four divine beasts, his spirit slightly uplifted.

These four divine beasts were different from ordinary innate divine beasts; they could be considered as a special manifestation of the Realm Sea’s rules, even more special than ‘Fu Gui’.

The Four Spirits are also known as the Four Symbols.

These Four Symbols are the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise before him.

All cultivators know that Taiji gives birth to two forms, and two forms give birth to the Four Symbols.

Conversely, it is also true.

The fusion of the Four Symbols will result in the two forms of Yin and Yang.

And the divine beast that masters the Path of Yin and Yang is also…

Wang Ba felt a slight stir in his heart and immediately used Fu as his main body, integrating the bloodlines of the White Tiger, Ding Twenty-two, and Erya within.

The next moment.

The other three figures transformed into streams of light and entered Fu’s body.

On Fu’s dragon head, it slowly transformed, vaguely resembling a human face, with vertically red eyes that seemed both open and closed.

The dragon claws retracted until they disappeared.

The azure dragon body silently and soundlessly turned to red!

Spiraling for ten thousand miles!

As if clinging to a bell-shaped giant mountain.

The red eyes slightly closed.

In an instant, the surrounding Realm Sea went pitch black, not a glimmer of light shone through!

The eyes slightly opened, and the surrounding Realm Sea suddenly brightened!

Breathing out, it was a biting frost, freezing the void!

Inhaling, it was as if hot magma surged, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas!

In the breath between, the wind roared endlessly!

In just a moment, Fu transformed into a divine beast with a human face and a snake body—

Candle Dragon!

“Unbridled beasts… the path of bloodlines is truly mysterious!”

Wang Ba looked at this divine beast whose appearance had changed greatly, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Due to their special nature, the Four Spirits were also listed separately in Master Chao’s teachings.

On its own, it can merge with other spirit beasts, except the Four Spirits cannot be merged with each other. Once an existence of the Four Spirits appears in the bloodline, under the secret technique of unbridled beasts, it will automatically peel away, forming a ‘Candle Dragon’.

If a Kirin is added, with the Five Elements and Yin and Yang all gathered, it will further transform into ‘Chaos’.

This ‘Chaos’ is not the Chaos Origin Substance but a kind of divine beast.

“It’s just a pity that the Blood Qilin is with Chong Hua; otherwise, I could have witnessed what ‘Chaos’ looks like.”

Wang Ba felt a slight regret.

But feeling the ‘Candle Dragon’ formed by the Four Spirits before him, he was still filled with joy.

Each of the Four Spirits, under Wang Ba’s meticulous cultivation, aside from the Black Tortoise which had a strong foundation and returned to late-stage Seventh Tier, the other three were only early-stage Seventh Tier.

However, due to the complete complementary fusion of the Four Spirits’ rules, the ‘Candle Dragon’ at this moment had already stepped into the Eighth Tier!

Even though it had just entered the Eighth Tier, its every move was accompanied by rules, incomparable to ordinary divine beasts that break through force; in essence, it was no less than an early-stage Tribulation Crossing Cultivator in Zhang’s Ruins.

Although it was still much weaker compared to his own strength, it obviously had considerable potential to be tapped into.

With a light wave of his hand, the ‘Candle Dragon’ immediately transformed back into the four divine beasts.

“Something’s not right! Eight thousand years have passed, Fu and the others shouldn’t have remained unchanged…”

Looking at the four divine beasts that returned to their original state, he suddenly noticed this point, and the doubt that had risen in him before began to surface again.

Then with a shake of his sleeve, Wu Monkey King leapt out.

Wang Ba inquired, and only then did he learn from Wu Monkey King’s mouth that only over ten years had passed since he last fought with the Northern Great Bodhisattva.

“Over ten years… eight thousand years…”

He couldn’t help but look at the Silkworm Dragon Staff in his hand, a thought arose in his heart, hard to believe:

“Could this Silkworm Dragon Staff actually change time?!”

“No, if it could truly change time, there might be no treasure in the entire Third Realm Sea more valuable than this Dao Treasure. The Silkworm Dragon Staff represents ‘perception’… Could it be altering the perception of the cultivator?”

“I thought eight thousand years had passed, but this was just my perception. In reality, only a dozen years have actually gone by!”

This might be the only plausible explanation.

After a moment of hesitation, Wang Ba’s expression turned more solemn. He flicked his hand to lay the Silkworm Dragon Staff horizontally in front of him, adjusted his attire meticulously, and bowed to the Silkworm Dragon Staff with respect, saying:

“Master Chao above, today Wang Ba refines this treasure, solely to resolve the crisis of the Little Cang World, and on a later day, I shall certainly return it!”

Immediately, he resolutely grasped the treasure.

The Primordial Spirit and mana entered simultaneously, yet discovered it was like entering an uninhabited realm.

Wang Ba’s heart trembled.

Inside this Silkworm Dragon Staff, there was not a trace of Master Chao’s Primordial Spirit or will remaining; it was essentially in an ownerless state.

It was clear that Master Chao, prior to handing it to him, had already completely erased any imprint of himself on this Dao Treasure.

Realizing this, in Wang Ba’s heart, admiration and gratitude arose for this Great Cultivator, whom he met by chance yet who was utterly unreserved, imparting everything to him.

This world isn’t lacking in those who connive and scheme, self-serving with every act, yet scarcely any are as filled with ‘immortal air’ like Heavenly Monarch Chao.

Even for Wang Ba himself, he admits that accomplishing the same as Master Chao would be extremely difficult.

With a slight reflection in his heart, he stopped being polite and immersed his mana and Primordial Spirit quickly into it, given his realm, it took only the time for a cup of tea to easily refine the first stage.

He finally understood the effect of this Silkworm Dragon Staff.

“Allowing a cultivator to freely control earth, fire, water, and wind within thought…”

Initially, Wang Ba frowned, somewhat puzzled.

However, when he grasped the truth within, his heart shuddered!

Earth, fire, water, and wind are distinct from a cultivator’s gold, wood, water, fire, earth.

Buddhism believes that earth, fire, water, and wind are the four most basic elements forming the entire Realm Sea; the saying ‘all is void’ refers to the emptiness of earth, fire, water, and wind, meaning the material world of the entire Realm Sea is also void.

Controlling earth, fire, water, and wind within one’s thought is like creating another ‘void’ within ’emptiness’.

Speaking of it philosophically, it’s essentially reconstructing a world within the inherently illusory thought.

“I previously knew about earth, fire, water, and wind, but I was always unclear about ’emptiness’ and ‘awareness’. Now it seems, earth, fire, water, and wind already form the world’s foundation, the ‘existence’, if my guess is correct, corresponding to them is the ‘void’ of ‘non-existence’, then what’s left is the perception and knowledge of living beings towards this world, which is ‘awareness’!”

“Controlling living beings’ perception of the external world, even reconstructing a world within their consciousness, indirectly forming different time flows, this is the effect of the Silkworm Dragon Staff!”

“This is also why the Way of Beast Tamer in the Silkworm Dragon Realm can stand out in the entire Realm Sea…”

At this moment, Wang Ba vaguely came to a realization.

The Illusory Realm that Master Chao cast on him, although certainly usable for cultivation and practicing the Hundred Arts,

the highest cost-effectiveness undoubtedly lies in Beast Control.

Because the effect of the Silkworm Dragon Staff targets living beings, apart from cultivators, the most suitable living beings in the Realm Sea are spirit beasts.

Using Illusory Realms to influence spirit beasts, obtaining a method for spirit beast advancement at the lowest cost, followed by the simplest resource-based cultivation.

“Currently, it’s only preliminary refinement, the effect is not obvious, if thoroughly refined, one wonders what kind of effect it will have.”

Wang Ba looked at the Silkworm Dragon Staff in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately put it away.

After thoroughly refining the thirty-six innate cloud bans on the Wind-Driving Staff, he can control all its transformations.

He is indeed curious about the effect after completely refining the Silkworm Dragon Staff, but right now is indeed not the time for refining.

Glancing at Fu’s Four Spirits, Wang Ba showed a pondering look, then quickly retrieved some spirit materials from the storage Dao Treasure given by Master Chao, swiftly concocted them, and fed them to the four divine beasts.

Then he collected them all.

Flipping his sleeve, there were still some spirit chickens and spirit turtles inside, but their rank was only Class VI, even if unveiling Ten Thousand Beasts Unchained, it’s hard to utilize them effectively in a short time.

Finally, he looked towards Wu Monkey King.

Now when he looked at the bloodline of Wu Monkey King, it became a bit clearer.

Still, it couldn’t be considered an extraordinary ape bloodline, just that with some influence of Immortal Blood, its bloodline gained some enhancement in bone and perception abilities, faintly resembling cultivators, able to continuously break through through cultivation.

Compared to spirit beasts, it seems it is already closer to human race cultivators.

Wang Ba pondered for a while, then also took out some spirit materials from the storage Dao Treasure to help it breakthrough, concocted them, and gave them to Wu Monkey King, letting it decide when to use them.

Then he also collected Wu Monkey King.

“Next, I shall first return to find Divine Corpse Six Fingers and Jiu Futu, take a rest, it’s best to cultivate the Four Spirits again, then proceed near the Cloud Sky Realm to assess the situation…”

With those thoughts, he instinctively sensed the mark he left on Divine Corpse Six Fingers, then immediately frowned:

“What’s going on? Why can I hardly sense it?”