Longevity, Starting From Raising Chickens

Chapter 15: A Serious Sickness, "Talk about the Birds"

"Ahem..."

"Master Deacon, this is the offering for this month. Please count it."

Wang Ba coughed, his face looking pale and weak after a serious illness.

Deacon Li was still shy, counting the quantities with his hands behind his hands.

When he saw the correct number of two roosters, two hens, and two hundred pheasant eggs, he squinted his eyes and showed no expression.

And when Wang Ba coughed and stuffed a banknote into his hand, Deacon Li's face suddenly looked as bright as day after snow, and he said with a smile:

"Brother, you are still so polite!"

"It should be, it should be...ahem!"

"It's bitterly cold in this villa. Brother, you must pay attention to your health so that you can serve your sect!"

Deacon Li said with concern.

As he spoke, a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "Brother, do you know what I brought this time?"

Wang Ba's heart moved and he blurted out: "Ahem...but...ahem...a book about raising chickens?"

"Look, I still want to get away with you!"

Deacon Li laughed and said, without hesitation, he took out a scroll from his wide sleeves and handed it to Wang Ba.

Then he solemnly said:

"Ordinarily, in the sect, the servants are not qualified to borrow books. Even the deacons have to apply for a lot of applications..."

Wang Ba heard the sound of the string and knew its elegant meaning, so he quickly stuffed the last bank note on him from his pocket.

This was all earned through his hard work by selling chicken manure. A few days ago, he specially exchanged the scraps of silver for banknotes.

"Hey, brother, who do you think I am!"

Deacon Li took the bank note smoothly and said with a displeased look on his face: "I still treat you as my best friend!"

"Yes, yes! You are so vulgar!"

Wang Ba smiled sarcastically.

Deacon Li just said this, stuffed the banknote into his arms with satisfaction, and then said:

"You can read this scroll for two months at most. After two months, I will come and take it away. Don't break it or get it dirty!"

"Yes! I promise I won't get it damaged or dirty!"

Two months was enough, Wang Ba swore to send Deacon Li away.

After Deacon Li left, Wang Ba took the scroll and returned to the house.

I don't know if it was because of the fright he suffered last night. When he woke up early in the morning, he felt weak, weak, sweating, and coughing.

Soon he realized he was sick.

But he still insisted on finishing feeding the chickens, cleaning up the chicken manure, and paying off his monthly payment.

In the meantime, I also heard Lao Hou talk about something.

"Deacon Mei, who was in charge of the handyman, was scolded by an outer disciple this morning!"

When talking about this matter, there was obviously a trace of schadenfreude on Lao Hou's face.

"Oh? What's going on?"

Wang Ba tightened his clothes unconsciously and asked casually.

"It is said that this outer disciple went to the Shanggong Room for something last night, but he seemed to have been deceived by a handyman. The Shanggong Room is in the north. He ran to the east and missed something good. No, he came to see Deacon Mei early in the morning. What’s the trouble, you didn’t see Deacon Mei’s old face…”

Lao Hou vividly described what he saw and heard, as if he were at the scene himself.

Wang Ba's heart skipped a beat when he heard this!

Last night, the charity room was deceived by a handyman...

And now that I think about it, the direction he pointed with his finger last night happened to be the east!

There is almost no need to think about it. There is almost a 90% chance that this person is the disciple of the sect who was deceived by him!

Wang Ba wanted to understand this, and his already weak body suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

I don’t understand how the other party realized it later and woke up.

Anyway, after Lao Hou left, he quickly buried the spiritual stone he had buried deeper, moved the large vat of fermented chicken feed above, and piled the chicken feed full of spiritual energy on top.

The chicken bones and other things that were not cleaned before should be burned and buried.

He didn't know if any sect disciples would come to investigate, but he had to try his best to reduce the risk.

Now lying in bed, he couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in his heart as he recalled the frightening scene last night.

"There should be no flaws..."

Wang Ba muttered.

Then he carefully picked up the scroll that Deacon Li brought to him.

I don’t know what material it is made of. It doesn’t look thick or big, but it is heavy.

There are four big characters at the top of the page:

"Huan Qin Bi Tan".

The signature is five majestic words: written by Taoist Jiaohu.

Wang Ba started reading it casually.

Originally, he didn't have any expectations. After all, no matter how good the book was, it couldn't compare to his ability to carry longevity.

However, Wang Ba's eyes lit up as he watched.

"It turns out that there are so many ways for ordinary birds and beasts to improve their grades?"

The Jiaohu Taoist wrote in his book that if you want to cultivate an ordinary mortal beast or bird into a high-level spiritual beast or bird, as far as he knows, there are three directions.

The first is that the blood contained in it is continuously purified under the nourishment of sufficient spiritual energy, and finally a breakthrough occurs naturally. This is a 'bloodline breakthrough'.

There is a premise for this, that is, the blood in the body of this bird or beast has powerful spiritual beasts in its ancestors.

If the ancestors did not have Kuo, it would be difficult to advance through purifying the bloodline.

The second type is ‘Shouyuan Breakthrough’.

The so-called old age without death is a thief. This thief is a thief who steals heaven and life.

If a bird or beast can break through the limit of its own lifespan, even just a little bit, it is a meritorious deed. If it enjoys the blessings of heaven and earth, it will naturally advance to a higher level.

It's just that treasures that can break through the life span are extremely rare. Most of the life-extending treasures can't actually break through the limit of life span, but are more about replenishing the lost life span.

Moreover, perhaps due to the constraints of the rules of heaven and earth, this method can often only be used once.

When Wang Ba saw this, he immediately thought of his Goldfinger.

I felt a little confused in my heart.

No wonder I only deposited 0.1 years of longevity, and these rare chickens have made breakthroughs one after another.

It seems that he has taken the path of ‘Shou Yuan Breakthrough’.

After becoming a spiritual chicken, no matter how much I saved my longevity, there was no second advancement.

This is also consistent with what Taoist Jiaohu said in the book.

"The third method is to open up spiritual wisdom and achieve breakthrough through practice?"

Wang Ba looked at the last item and shook his head.

Opening up spiritual intelligence does not sound like something he can do at the moment.

Although the 'Shouyuan Breakthrough' is the method he uses, it is his biggest secret and must not be exposed.

"So, the only chicken-raising method I can show in front of others is the first one - 'Bloodline Breakthrough'!"

He turned the page to the content corresponding to 'Bloodline Breakthrough'.

Immediately a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

Because this Jiaohu Taoist actually recorded eight ways to break through the bloodlines of birds, beasts, fish and insects!

"The way to break through the bloodline is the great road!"

"But if you want to simply use spiritual energy to nourish and purify your blood, the effect will be very slow! And there should be different methods for different types of birds and beasts!"

"So I have studied hard and obtained eight ways to purify the blood of birds, beasts, fish and insects. These eight methods are as follows -"

"Migratory locust, krait, Yang tiger, white carp, seventeen-year cicada, black phoenix, yellow-throated stone turtle, rare pheasant..."

(end of this chapter)