As his thoughts wandered, Cao Ya also dragged out the Iron-Bone Tiger from a corner.
Although he knew long ago that this operation was doomed to failure, Qin Mu had no spiritual body and was just a mortal.
However, even with a mortal body, Qin Mu can still cultivate, and he plans to try teaching Qin Mu other cultivation systems.
Having raised Qin Mu, there's still some affection between them.
A bonfire was lit in the village, and the village chief was carried out on a stretcher. He glanced around and smiled with satisfaction:
"Yes, all four spirits have been found. We can try to awaken Mu'er's spirit now."
Master Ma, who also had only one arm, dragged over a large, turquoise snake that was several meters long. The mute blacksmith brought over a large bird that was even taller than him. The blind man brought over a giant tortoise that was bigger than a table. The tortoise had lived for countless years, and its shell had turned a golden yellow.
“Yes, we can’t get the true essence of the Four Spirits, but we can use the Azure Serpent, Iron-Bone Tiger, Thunder Bird, and Golden Tortoise as substitutes. We can refine some spirit blood to help Mu’er determine his spirit body,” the village chief nodded.
The butcher pushed himself forward with both hands on the ground; having lost his lower body, this was the only way he could move.
Four large vats were placed in front of the green snake, tiger, thunderbird, and golden tortoise, respectively. The butcher chopped each of the four beasts with a knife, bleeding them dry. After a short while, all four prey had bled to death.
"Pharmacist, it's your turn," the village chief said again.
The pharmacist stepped forward and took out four peculiar red leaves, each containing a snow-white insect egg. The pharmacist placed one leaf into each jar, and instantly the insect eggs hatched, with silkworms clinging to the leaves and drinking blood.
These silkworms grow rapidly when exposed to wind. The more blood they drink, the larger they become. Soon, all the blood in the four vats was gone, leaving only one fat and large worm in each vat.
The pharmacist grabbed a handful of white, salt-like froth and sprinkled it into the jar. The four fat, large worms immediately shrank rapidly. Qin Mu, watching from the side, clicked his tongue in amazement.
Qin Mu studied under a pharmacist, but he had never experienced this event.
Although Qin Mu was young, the villagers of the Remnant Village taught him a lot of knowledge and imparted life experience to him.
After a moment, the pharmacist picked up the four worms, each only the size of a palm. He took out four white porcelain cups, grabbed one of the worms, and squeezed it hard. The worm squeaked and squirted out a cup of amber-like, crystal-clear blood.
The pharmacist followed the same procedure, squeezing the blood out of the other three insects' bellies. He placed the four cups in front of Qin Mu, shook his head, and sighed, saying:
"After all, it's not a real spirit beast, so the amount of spirit blood that can be extracted is limited."
Afterwards, the village chief told Qin Mu about the seven major divine treasure cultivation systems, and then said:
"The Seven Great Divine Treasures are in a closed state and need to be opened by martial artists themselves. The obstacles that prevent martial artists from opening the divine treasures are the walls. The Seven Great Divine Treasures correspond to the Seven Great Walls. The process of breaking through these seven walls is called breaking the walls."
Master Ma laughed:
"If the barrier cannot be broken, one cannot cultivate. Some of the chosen ones are blessed by the heavens and are born with a broken spiritual barrier, naturally opening the first divine treasure, the spiritual treasure. This kind of physique is called a spiritual body and is a good seed for cultivation."
Grandma Si added:
"Those who possess a spirit body are far more talented than ordinary people, and their cultivation is twice as effective with half the effort. The spirit embryo has four attributes, so there are also four types of spirit bodies: Azure Dragon Spirit Body, White Tiger Spirit Body, Vermilion Bird Spirit Body, and Black Tortoise Spirit Body."
The pharmacist chuckled and said:
"To check if someone is a spirit, you need the blood of these four spirits. Mu'er, if you are a Azure Dragon spirit, drinking the Azure Dragon blood will activate your Azure Dragon energy. The same applies to the other three types of spirits."
Master Ma is a Azure Dragon spirit, and Granny Si is a White Tiger spirit; they demonstrated their spirit characteristics to Qin Mu.
However, Master Ma took off his shirt and showed himself shirtless, while Granny Si used her spiritual energy to manifest herself; she wasn't going to let these old fogies take advantage of her.
Granny Si's body trembled slightly, and a faint tiger's roar came from behind her. A twelve-foot-tall white tiger with piercing eyes appeared faintly behind her.
Cao Ya looked at him; he was also a White Tiger spirit.
The village chief sighed:
"Everyone in the village is a spirit, and they once had glory..."
He paused for a moment, glancing at Cao Ya. This guy didn't seem to have any great achievements. Although he was strong, he was not well-known and kept a low profile.
The expressions on the faces of the others also looked rather strange.
Cao Ya gestured for the village chief to continue speaking and to ignore him.
The village chief coughed and continued:
"Alas, let's not dwell on the past glories. Now we are all cripples, old men and women."
The village chief was quite saddened. He was a human emperor and the strongest person of the previous era. His sword illuminated an entire era, but in the end, he could only spend the rest of his life in this desolate ancient village, and he was even crippled.
He failed to fulfill the responsibilities and mission of the human emperor.
Grandma Si smiled gently and said:
"We cripples don't have much to give you except some knowledge and these four cups of spiritual blood to activate the energy in your spiritual embryo. Hehe, Mu'er, I hope you are a White Tiger spirit."
Master Ma chuckled:
"Bullshit, Mu'er is definitely a Azure Dragon spirit."
The pharmacist rolled his eyes and said:
"I think Mu'er is very likely to be a Xuanwu spirit body."
The mute man gestured, seemingly implying that Qin Mu was likely the spirit of the Vermilion Bird.
Grandma Si raised her eyebrows and glared at these old folks.
They all wanted Qin Mu's spirit to resonate with their own.
Cao Ya observed from the sidelines. He knew that Qin Mu was a mortal, not a spirit, so arguing about it now would be pointless.
Seeing that Qin Mu was a little confused, Cao Ya chuckled and said:
"Ignore them, just pick a drink and have a drink."
"Oh," Qin Mu replied. Although he was a little apprehensive, he was certain that the elders of the Remnant Village would never harm him.
The others stopped arguing and all looked at Qin Mu with expectant expressions.
Only Cao Ya remained calm as always.
And the final result did indeed leave a group of villagers in the disabled old village stunned.
Qin Mu drank four cups of spiritual blood, but there was no reaction. He was not a spiritual body at all, but just a mortal.
This fact caused the villagers around the campfire to fall silent for a moment.
Cao Ya remained very calm.
He could choose to teach Qin Mu another cultivation system, whose upper limit was no less than the Divine Palace system in the world of "The Legend of the Shepherd God", and even stronger.
He believed that with Qin Mu's talent and comprehension, he could still achieve great things by cultivating other systems.
As long as this world doesn't restrict the emergence of other systems...
Cao Ya muttered to himself, "The Perfect World universe restricts the appearance of things that do not belong to that era or that world. It was only because of the help of the system space that the Heavenly Dao ignored him and did not send down divine punishment, nor was he struck dead by a Chaos Divine Lightning."
The butcher was silent for a moment, then said quietly:
"So, Mu'er is just an ordinary person."
Grandma Si suddenly burst into tears, choking back sobs as she said:
“We’re all old and useless now. What will happen to Mu’er if we die one day? It’s so dangerous here. He can’t survive a single day without us.”
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