The Chengdao Zhe Men

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Chapter Sixty-Five: Dao Dan (The Elixir of Dao) shuhaige.net

Upon hearing Chen Jing's request, Mo Wujiang smiled and said, "You're really lucky."

Chen Jing didn't understand what he meant. Seeing him walk to another cabinet, Chen Jing glanced at it and saw that it also had names labeled on it.

Easy to identify medicinal materials

Easy, poisonous substances

Easy, massage and acupressure

"This row of pills will make you a decent doctor," Mo Wujiang said with a smile. "This one will give you the talent and knowledge to identify medicinal herbs and their properties. The next one will allow you to understand toxicity and become a genius in the use of poisons. The last one will give you the ability to perform massage and acupressure."

Mo Wujiang's explanation this time wasn't as detailed as before... Was it because he wasn't familiar enough with these pills? Chen Jing wondered.

Judging from the character "易" (Yi), Chen Jing believed that these elixirs belonged to the "易之气" (Yi Zhi Qi) level of physical cultivation.

Chen Jing composed himself and asked logically, "Can these pills also enhance a person's talent and grant them knowledge?"

"The essence of these pills is refined spiritual energy, which is quite magical," Mo Wujiang said with a smile. "There is no difference between bestowing magical power and bestowing various kinds of knowledge; knowledge is equivalent to power. As for talent, since the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is condensed, it is natural that talented people with outstanding abilities will be born."

Chen Jing continued, "Mr. Mo, I'd like to take a look at some others."

Mo Wujiang smiled and shook his head, leading Chen Jing to another cabinet. Chen Jing's eyes followed his gaze:

Words, beastification

Words, manipulation

There are only two... Chen Jing thought, looking at Mo Wujiang.

"This pill can grant a person the ability to transform parts of their body into beast-like abilities—it could be their hands, it could be their legs—making their body resemble that of a wild animal. It's somewhat similar to the abilities of the pills that provided totems, cough, and at the very beginning," Mo Wujiang said with a smile.

Chen Jing asked curiously, "Fate?"

"These are the names of different kinds of spiritual energy. The pills are also made from the sediment of different spiritual energy. The pills that provided totems that I showed you at the beginning belong to the Qi of Life, the pills that made you an incomplete Daoist doctor belong to the Qi of Change, and these belong to the Qi of Speech."

Chen Jing: "What abilities do you have?"

Mo Wujiang smiled broadly: "The one above can transform parts of a person's body into the shape of a wild beast, such as claws, legs, etc., but unlike the Life Qi Pill, it doesn't have any obvious totems that people can recognize. The one below, on the other hand, grants a person the ability to amplify the dark emotions in others' hearts through language."

"With language?" Chen Jing continued to fulfill his role as the straight man.

He found it hard to imagine how Li Ai could amplify the dark emotions of others if she truly possessed the extraordinary ability to speak.

“There’s a saying that’s been circulating among them, and I really like it,” Mo Wujiang said with a clear smile and a dramatic tone, “Fear, cowardice, suspicion… they’re utterly vulnerable.”

"Simply put, after you take this pill, you can easily sow discord among others with your words, making people suspicious of each other and amplifying the impact of their inner fears and cowardice on them."

Chen Jing nodded to show that he was listening attentively. This time, before Chen Jing could speak, Mo Wujiang led him to the cabinet next to him:

Witch, curse

Of this row of cabinets, only the middle one has a label.

Mo Wujiang smiled and said, "This pill belongs to the Qi of witchcraft. It can give you the ability to curse others, but I don't know the specific effects."

"I don't know the details... Is it because the Black Hand gang lacks practitioners with witchcraft aura?" Chen Jing wondered.

Looking at it this way, the Life Qi series of pills that Mo Wujiang described in the most detail should belong to the spiritual energy he cultivates himself. Speech Qi is a more familiar spiritual energy, so there should be practitioners of Speech Qi in the Black Hand Gang. The description of Yi Qi is also somewhat vague, perhaps because they lack practitioners of Yi Qi?

With that thought in mind, Chen Jing followed Mo Wujiang to the cabinet on the other side.

Chen Jing glanced around and only saw one labeled compartment:

Loneliness: Cold Fist

The Qi of Silence? Chen Jing listened attentively to Mo Wujiang's explanation.

"It can imbue your fists and feet with frost, freezing and affecting your enemies," Mo Wujiang said briefly, then walked to the side.

Chen Jing looked over:

Spirit, will-o'-the-wisp

Spirit, Corpse

Whether it was a misperception or not, Chen Jing felt Mo Wujiang suddenly perk up, smiling as he explained, "The one on top allows you to create green will-o'-the-wisps for lighting and keeps zombies and other monsters from attacking you. The one below can partially zombieize your body, making it hard and powerful, but it will make you look like a dried-up zombie. Although it's very powerful, it's not very attractive."

Before Chen Jing could speak, Mo Wujiang quickly walked to the side.

As Chen Jing looked over, he had no choice but to use his abilities to control his own state.

The Way is deception.

The Tao (the Way) disrupts the senses.

The Way, a light and illusion technique.

Is this the Blood Realm ability of Dao Qi? Chen Jing glanced at Mo Wujiang.

Mo Wujiang laughed and said, "The abilities provided by this row of pills are rather weak. Hehe, the best one should be invisibility, but there isn't any here."

Chen Jingshen agreed, as the most powerful ability of the Blood Realm Dao Qi was its ability to conceal noise, but he pretended not to know and asked, "What other abilities does it have?"

"This can provide the ability to deceive, making it difficult to detect when someone lies and less likely to have loopholes. Hehe, doesn't that sound useless?"

Chen Jing didn't show any expression, but listened attentively.

"This can confuse a person's senses, transmitted through contact or weapons, making them unable to distinguish directions and distances."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jing immediately thought of the Demon Blade and the Dark Sword, but remained silent on the surface.

“This one is better,” Mo Wujiang said with a smile. “It can provide the ability to cast small illusions, but it only has light effects and no sound, touch, smell, etc. It should be the best one here.”

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