Four days later, Knife Sharpening Shop.
Storage room.
"Hey, there's actually a pot of orchids in here!"
Du ke squatted at the door of the storage room, clutching a storage pill with his paws, checking the harvest from the storage pill with Shi San.
Previously, the Guardian of the Treasure House said that all the weapons inside would be taken out and thrown into the Black Cauldron Space.
Unexpectedly, what Du ke had just taken out turned out to be a pot of thriving orchids. The orchid was planted in a white jade flower pot, and the soil in the pot was extremely rare, even Du ke himself could not say what kind of soil it was.
The flowers were cold and glamorous, the stems and leaves like swords, only to be viewed from afar but not to be profaned.
It could be said to be an extremely beautiful pot of orchids.
Shi San stared at the orchids Du ke had taken out of the storage pill, also shaking his tail excitedly.
It looks good, doesn't it? He specifically picked it out from that pile of stuff.
"It looks extremely good!"
Du ke stroked Shi San's dog head, then took out all the stuff from the storage pill again, sorting them into categories and putting them into his Black Cauldron Space.
It had been two days since the end of the Spirit Cat Festival. The Grand Spirit Cat Festival lasted for three days, and as the highlight of the festival, Du ke was also carried on a palanquin and paraded around the city for three days.
During the parade, people kept throwing things at him.
Things like ribbons, pom poms, flowers, money, dried fish and so on were considered normal. The most ridiculous thing was that a fool threw an exquisite carved ivory diabolo at him.
That thing weighed more than two catties. It flew straight at him with force. If he hadn't reacted quickly, the carved ivory diabolo would probably have been smashed to smithereens.
After all, even if his cat head hit a rock, it would only be the rock that broke.
In addition, what he had harvested the most was spiritual rhyme.
During the Spirit Cat Festival parade, all the people of Mao City who saw him emitted extremely strong spiritual rhymes.
As he paraded, he collected spiritual rhymes, which also allowed the spiritual rhyme seeds in his soul to successfully nurture and germinate.
This also signaled that he had entered the second stage, the stage of nurturing the rhyme fetus.
Upon entering the rhyme fetus nurturing stage, there was also a qualitative change in his soul. Not only was his perception range of spiritual rhymes greater than before, he also gained many secret methods.
What he had to do next was to keep nurturing the sprouts of the rhyme fetus until it was fully ripe.
"The trip to Wutong Temple this time plus the parade during the Spirit Cat Festival has really yielded a lot!"
Du ke threw the storage pill back to Shi San. Shi San held the storage pill in his mouth and stuffed it into the bib on his chest.
His bib was not like that of ordinary people, similar to a handkerchief hanging on his chest. The bib was embroidered with a white cat riding a dog pattern, which was exceptionally exquisite.
"But the biggest gain is still these things!"
Du ke muttered to himself, while also turning his spiritual sense towards the five jade boxes in the Black Cauldron Space.
These were the cultivation resources for his entire Internal Organs Realm cultivation. He just needed to determine which internal organ he needed to nurture first.
After all, the order of nurturing internal organs in the Internal Organs Realm would greatly affect the attributes of the mysterious qi born in the Innate Realm.
Among the Five Elements, metal was sharp, wood was lush, water was changeable, fire was explosive, and earth was tough.
But Du ke was no longer a child. He intended to cultivate all five elements and five phases!
Du ke turned his attention again to the four differently colored cloth bags, which were gold, blue, red and yellow.
They contained the Five Elements evil ghosts corresponding to the five elements.
"When the Guardian of Wutong Temple left earlier, he once said that if I could wash away the evil, resentment and obsession from the bodies of these five ghosts, I would be able to obtain five authentic Five Elements Primordial Spirits."
"By summoning these Five Elements Primordial Spirits to reside in the five viscera, I would be able to quickly complete the Internal Organs Realm cultivation, and also gather all five elements!"
"But how exactly should it be done?"
"And I'm still missing a wood ghost!"
Du ke did not forget what the Wutong Temple Guardian said before escaping. Although that old guy was a riddler and extremely sinister, he was actually quite frank in some respects.
Hmm, it feels quite contradictory.
But Du ke believed in his intuition.
Believing in intuition was one thing, whether this information was true or false was another matter.
So he had to ask someone.
With this thought, Du ke immediately climbed onto Shi San's saddle, raised his paw and said, "Let's go, onward to the front hall!"
"Awoo!"
Shi San immediately rushed out, smashing a big hole in the door of the storage room while quickly rushing into the front hall.
Before entering the front hall, Du ke glanced at the cat and dog silhouette punched out of the room door, and swallowed.
This shouldn't be a problem...right.
After all, Huskies are all about wrecking stuff, so this is just a small problem.
However, Du ke soon had no time to think about this, because Shi San brought him directly in front of Old Li's face.
Old Li was sharpening a knife in the front hall, stroking it carefully one by one.
Qian Suisui, on the other hand, was squatting on the edge of the water vat, casually teasing the fish in the water.
Harassed by this aloof black cat, all the fish shrank to the bottom of the vat, not even daring to surface.
Seeing the white cat riding the dog rushing in from the backyard into the front hall, Qian Suisui's paw stirring the water also stopped, and her ears immediately pricked up.
Previously, Qian Suisui was almost missed the Spirit Cat Festival because she fell for the wood ghost's trick of luring the tiger off the mountain.
Fortunately she rushed back on the last day without missing the chance to collect spiritual rhymes.
As for what happened to her during those few days out of the city, this aloof cat refused to say even if her life depended on it.
Even when Gloomy glanced at her without even asking, she smashed him violently with her paws.
Seeing Old Li close at hand, and Qian Suisui not far away, Du ke waved his tail preparing his script in his heart.
"Just say what you want to say, don't brew your nasty ideas in your heart."
Old Li spoke without even lifting his head. Du ke rolled his eyes and said, "How can you wrongly accuse my innocence, I just came over to greet you, where did I have any other ideas."
As soon as the white cat said this, the black cat directly snorted, looking at Du ke with a different flavor in her eyes. This white cat's tail was waving, and all the little thoughts in his heart were exposed, yet he was still pretending here.
Seeing Qian Suisui not making a sound, Du ke glanced at her. This black cat had been too irritable these past few days, better not to provoke her.
"If you want to ask then ask, if you want to say then speak. Otherwise I'll just assume you really came over to say hi."
Old Li naturally saw through Du ke's little thoughts. Du ke chuckled and said, "It's just something about cultivation."
"Cultivation?" Old Li raised his head in surprise and looked at Du ke, then realized, "Martial arts?"
"Yeah, it's about martial arts. If it was something about the cultivation of spirit cats, I would have gone straight to Gloomy..."
Before Du ke could finish speaking, there was a buzzing sound from Qian Suisui's side.
Du ke and Old Li looked over and saw Qian Suisui raising her paw and slapping the side of the water vat. The black cat noticed Du ke and Old Li looking over with a glare in her eyes.
What are you looking at? Do I have a problem hitting mosquitoes?
Du ke and Old Li immediately withdrew their gazes, pretending nothing had happened.
Getting angry and hitting mosquitoes!
Really!
Can't even make up a decent excuse.
"I see you are currently in the Internal Organs Realm, one of the four great realms of martial arts. You want to ask me about nurturing the five viscera, right?"
Old Li put down the kitchen knife in his hand, and asked Du ke instead.
"Yes, I met the Guardian of Wutong Temple at Wutong Temple before, and he gave me three Five Elements evil ghosts, saying that as long as I gathered all five, washed away the evil, resentment and obsession from their bodies, I would be able to obtain five authentic Five Elements Primordial Spirits."
"Summoning these Five Elements Primordial Spirits to reside in the five viscera will allow me to quickly complete my Internal Organs Realm cultivation."
"You're not sure whether his words are true or false, so you want to ask me to verify?"
Old Li said at this point, he also lightly tapped Duke's forehead, "You little slippery head!"
"I'm just being cautious!"
Duke grinned and did not blush or get annoyed.
"The method mentioned by the abbot of Wutong Temple is actually a witchcraft method of invoking gods, which is indeed very beneficial to internal martial artists, and can allow you to gather the five elements after entering the path."
"But there are a few points about this method that are extremely difficult. First, where do the five elements primordial spirits that are drawn to reside in the internal organs come from? Second, how to draw them into the internal organs, and finally, the cultivation resources."
"You have to know that the five elements primordial spirits are extremely rare and basically impossible to find."
Old Li looked at Qian Suisui and then said, "As for using the five elements evil ghosts to refine the five elements primordial spirits, it is a method, but it is still too unreliable, belonging to the lower class."
"Do you mean I can only honestly and steadily cultivate the Internal Organs Realm?"
Duke frowned, but Old Li shook his head: "No need to think like that!"
"Since you came to me, it means you hope to get a solution from me."
"When a child at home asks an adult for help, how could the adult let him leave empty-handed?"
After saying this, Old Li also said, "I will think of a way to get the five elements primordial spirits for you, don't worry."
"But it's best to let Qian Suisui deal with those five elements evil ghosts on you first."
"Those five elements evil ghosts were born out of resentment, keeping them with you is a hidden danger. It would be better to give them to Qian Suisui and ask her to help you process them to see if five guardian gods can be refined."
"I only have four here, how can I get five..."
Duke suddenly thought of something and looked at Qian Suisui. Did this girl eat the wood ghost?
Qian Suisui noticed Duke's eyes and glared back at Duke immediately.
Seeing this, Duke couldn't help but smile awkwardly. He rode on Shisan and approached Qian Suisui.
"Uh, Sister Qian Suisui..."
"That wood ghost, did you..."
Before Duke could finish, Qian Suisui slapped the water with her paw, splashing Duke and Shisan.
After doing this, Qian Suisui held her head high and walked out of the shop.
This little bastard usually treats me like air. As soon as he needs my help, he starts bootlicking.
Humph, men are cheap!
Seeing the black cat turn and leave, Duke wiped the water from his face and said helplessly: "It looks like I can only go to Qian Suisui later."
"That wood ghost can't run away. For now, focus on drawing the primordial spirits into your body!"
Old Li comforted Duke with these words. Hearing this, Duke nodded, "For now, it can only be like this!"
"But I have a question, Sir!"
"Ask!"
"After the five elements primordial spirits are drawn in, I will need to ingest a lot of five element essences. Is there any way I can absorb the five element essences to replenish myself without going through so much trouble?"
Saying this, Duke also drooped his cat face.
The methods of absorbing five element essences recorded in Immortal Martial Strategy are too cumbersome, either boiling people in pots, or steaming people in cages, or even smoking people in rooms.
It's really complicated and cumbersome, and he doesn't have the means to do that now.
If he really did that, he would have to perform cooking himself in an iron pot every day during cultivation!
"I'll help you solve that later, let's talk about something else first!"
Old Li looked at the white cat and said, "When do you plan to leave?"
Hearing this, Duke's body shuddered, and he lowered his head and said, "You saw through it?"