The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 43 Finding a Green Turtle
If it weren't for the inheritance of the fourth generation of Yuan Tianshi in this pine forest, Liu Shan really didn't plan to enter. There were too many dangers in the Taichu Ancient Mine, and Liu Shan was a little tempted to give up the Phoenix Blood Red Gold Stone.

He and Ye Fan walked carefully into the pine forest. Every step he took, Liu Shan would use the Source Heavenly Eye to observe, and Ye Fan also took out the Source Heavenly Book, so that he could respond in time when encountering complicated terrain.

Gradually, the two walked into the depths of the pine forest. Ye Fan looked back and saw the others. Ye Fan then spoke and asked Liu Shan, "Why do you want to enter here?"

Ye Fan didn't blame Liu Shan. He knew that Liu Shan must know something. There must be inheritance or treasure in the pine forest. But he was very curious about what it was that was worth risking his life to enter.

Liu Shan did not hide it and said, "I learned in Purple Mountain that the fourth generation Yuan Tianshi might have entered the Taichu Ancient Mine. And the fifth generation Yuan Tianshi guessed that he was very likely to leave his inheritance in this pine forest. That's why I must drag you into the pine forest."

Ye Fan nodded in understanding. If it was for the inheritance of Yuan Tianshi, it was worth taking the risk. If it was for rare treasures, he would persuade Liu Shan. Don't lose your life for treasures in the future. It's not worth it.

Continue to move forward little by little. After walking for an unknown period of time, Liu Shan's Source Heaven Divine Eye finally saw the Source Heaven pattern on the ground. Ye Fan also saw it, he looked at Liu Shan, and Liu Shan nodded in confirmation.

"This should be the place. The fourth generation Yuan Tianshi has indeed been here! He relied on his powerful Yuanshu skills to forcibly break the terrain here and transformed it, pointing the way for the later Yuan Tianshi."

Liu Shan said to Ye Fan: "We just need to be careful and follow the instructions."

Ye Fan nodded. Now with the Dao pattern left by the master, the two of them can move forward with peace of mind.

As they continued walking, they saw a ruined temple in front of them. However, the source sky pattern did not point to that place. The two looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts. For the sake of safety, they followed the source sky pattern.

They continued to follow the instructions until they saw a pavilion. The two walked into the pavilion, and Liu Shan looked at the pillars of the pavilion. Sure enough, on the fourth pillar, some information about Master Yuan Tianshi and his understanding of Yuan Shu were recorded.

Liu Shan quickly called Ye Fan over, and then the two of them wrote down the inheritance engraved by the ancestor.

After noting down the inheritance, Ye Fan felt very confused. He asked Liu Shan, "Liu Shan, you said that this ancestor has clearly broken through the terrain here, why hasn't he escaped yet?"

"Maybe it's because of Master Yuan Tianshi's curse?" Liu Shan said directly without hiding anything.

"Master Yuan Tianshi's curse?" Ye Fan frowned and asked quickly.

Liu Shan decided to tell Ye Fan about the curse of Yuan Tianshi as soon as possible. This way, he could prepare earlier. If he got red hair somewhere, it would be troublesome.

"Master Yuan Tianshi seeks the source and explores the acupoints to crack the secrets of heaven, and will encounter ominous things in his later years. These ominous symptoms include the growth of red hair all over the body. This symptom is a curse, and the source of the curse may come from an ancient emperor who practiced the source technique in ancient times."

Liu Shan did not directly say the source of the curse, which was from the fragments of the source technique of the Hades Emperor. After all, although the Hades Emperor was Duan De's third incarnation, he had passed away for too long. It was impossible for Taixuan Sect to record such an ancient event. If Ye Fan found it later, it would be difficult to explain it to him.

Liu Shan paused for a moment and continued, "It is said that when Master Yuan was practicing Yuanshu, he may have touched some taboos, which led to a curse. In his later years, not only did he grow red hair all over his body and lose control of himself, but he was also entangled by unknown weirdness, and his life and death were unpredictable. This fourth-generation ancestor probably also grew red hair on his body, and then couldn't get rid of it. In order to avoid the weirdness, he simply hid in the Taichu Ancient Mine."

After listening to what Liu Shan said about the source curse, Ye Fan frowned.

Liu Shan knew that Ye Fan would not blame him for this, but he still felt that he should explain it to Ye Fan.

"Ahem. Before I passed the Source Technique to you, I knew about the curse. But if the Holy Body doesn't practice the Source Book, it will require too many resources! The Holy Land can't provide the resources needed for the practice of the Holy Body, so the Source Book is indispensable to the Holy Body."

Ye Fan shook his head. "I understand. If I didn't have the Source Book of Heaven, I wouldn't have come this far. I can't even take care of the present, let alone the future. I just feel that this red-haired man seems to have some connection with my holy body."

After listening to Ye Fan's words, Liu Shan's heart moved. Did Ye Fan also know about the curse of the Holy Body in his later years?
Duan De has really done a lot of harm to others. The source gods and source ghosts he created are targeting all the source heavenly masters. The immortal weapon Tongtian Mingbao he possessed was also used by others to curse the holy body and cut off the four poles road.

All of these were stepped on by Ye Fan, fortunately Ye Fan was the protagonist. Without Duan De, the previous Yuan Tianshi and those great saints would not have suffered torture before their death.

After taking note of the inheritance, the two followed the instructions of the source sky pattern and found a dilapidated ancient temple.

Liu Shan and Ye Fan walked carefully into the ancient temple, which was many times taller than the ones they had seen along the way. Although those ruins had experienced various prosperity in the past, now only a fragment of them remained, leaving only a desolate area.

Walking into the most magnificent temple in the center, there are many statues inside, all of which are human-shaped creatures. Some have double horns on their foreheads, and some have double wings on their backs. They are all lifelike. Inside the ancient temple, people suddenly feel as if they have stepped into the ancient times. Until now, it is still relatively well preserved, with carved beams and painted buildings, and it is solemn and extraordinary. It is obviously an important place.

Inside the ancient temple, there are various statues of gods. Although they are all humanoid, they all have something more than ordinary people, some have horns on their heads, and some have wings on their backs.

"Are these statues all ancient creatures? Are they left behind by ancient creatures in ancient times? Are they to commemorate their dead ancestors?" Ye Fan said in surprise. Liu Shan didn't know either. He was observing everywhere.

"This is... Fairy Tear Green Gold!" Liu Shan walked over quickly and picked up a fist-sized piece of dark green metal from the ashes.

Liu Shan looked at the green metal in his hand. There were tear marks on it and the whole metal was in line with the rhythm of Taoism. It was the Immortal Tear Green Gold, one of the seven immortal golds.

It is said that Immortal Tears Green Gold is formed from the tears of immortals. The Supreme Emperor's Pagoda in Yaochi Holy Land is made entirely of this immortal gold.

"What a pity." Liu Shan exerted force with his palm, and cracks appeared on the Fairy Tear Green Gold in his hand.

Although he was prepared, Liu Shan still felt heartbroken when he saw the Fairy Tear Green Gold shattered in his hands, as if his heart was bleeding.

"What a pity! Otherwise, I could have broken through to the third level of my Dao Palace with the help of Immortal Tears and Green Gold." Liu Shan roared in his heart.

Ye Fan also looked over. He first looked at the Fairy Tear Green Gold in Liu Shan's hand with curiosity, and then seemed to remember something and walked over quickly.

Took it from Liu Shan.

"Fairy Tears Green Gold! But this piece of fairy gold has long lost its spiritual energy, and even the Taoist patterns have decayed. It has become a piece of waste." Liu Shan said weakly.

Ye Fan also sighed heavily, and he began to feel heartbroken.

He was curious at first. With Liu Shan's strength, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to hurt the Fairy Tear Green Gold at all?

After feeling heartbroken for a while, the two began to search everywhere in the ancient temple.

Then they discovered many immortal gold and divine materials, including Daluo silver gold, purple crystal divine copper, blue sky divine jade, etc. There were quite a lot of them, but every time they discovered one, they felt heartbroken.

Because all these immortal gold materials have lost their spiritual energy!

Ye Fan stopped after searching for a long time. He didn't want to look anymore because he was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. Every time he found someone, he would be disappointed.

Only Liu Shan was still enduring the heartache and continuing to search, because he knew that there was still something in there that had not appeared.

Finally, near the altar in the center, Liu Shan found a turtle made of green jade from the ashes.

The green jade turtle is only the size of a walnut, but its entire body is crystal clear and looks green.

Ye Fan looked at the green jade turtle in Liu Shan's hand and said weakly: "Oh, I found a green-haired turtle."

Liu Shan was full of black lines on his face, "This time it's not waste."

Ye Fan walked over after hearing this, then took the green jade turtle from Liu Shan's hand and looked at it.

"It's just a divine source shell that has exhausted its energy. It's also waste."

"Although the outside of this is a divine shell, a powerful person has used great magic power to seal a corpse inside, cultivating infinite corpse qi. This is a powerful magic weapon, with various array patterns laid out inside. After the body rots, it turns into the most powerful corrupt qi. The holder can release the corrupt qi to hurt the enemy, or use it to protect himself and absorb poisonous fog."

After Liu Shan explained, he asked Ye Fan: "Do you want to?"

This thing originally belonged to Ye Fan, but after he got it, Ye Fan never used it and later gave it away.

Ye Fan shook his head. He was not interested in this kind of magic weapon.

Seeing that Ye Fan was not interested, Liu Shan happily put the green jade turtle away.

Next time when you meet an invincible strong man, just release the corrupt air secretly. A quasi-emperor's corpse can be sealed inside. I believe it should be no problem to deal with the Great Sage, right?
(End of this chapter)