Don't Attack, I'm on Your Side

The great sun leaped above the horizon, and the cultivators began gathering purple qi.

Wang Quan opened his mouth and gathered five wisps of purple qi in a single gulp.

As his Yin Spirit improved, his efficiency at gathering purple qi had risen dramatically.

A single gathering session yielded as much as Qian Xiuyue and the others could gather in several months.

Ultimately, this was still a benefit bestowed by the [First-Rank Dao Seal].

Wang Quan did not use this batch of purple qi to refine his Yin Spirit; he intended to use the evil in the second-layer world to refine it from now on.

He would store the purple qi he gathered each day for future use.

A little later, he contacted the Round-Faced Daoist Nun. "Senior Sister, help me rent some kidneys!"

The Round-Faced Daoist Nun replied instantly. "Are you planning to practice a Dual Cultivation Spell?"

Wang Quan...

"I want to practice a special spell. The stronger my kidneys are, the faster I'll progress."

The Round-Faced Daoist Nun said, "Hehe... I understand. All Dual Cultivation Spells work that way."

"So, do you want ordinary kidneys, refined kidneys, or golden kidneys?"

Wang Quan was stunned. "There are that many varieties?"

The Round-Faced Daoist Nun said, "Of course. Ordinary kidneys, together with your own, will let you have a good time."

"Refined kidneys come from Innate Martial Artists. Their recuperative power and vitality are exceptionally strong. One pair is equivalent to ten pairs of ordinary people's kidneys."

"Golden kidneys can keep you going nonstop for twenty-four hours. After those twenty-four hours, though, they have to be returned to their original owner for maintenance."

"The prices of these three types differ enormously."

"You can rent a pair of ordinary kidneys for twenty Green Fly Coins; refined kidneys cost two thousand Green Beetles, and golden kidneys cost twenty thousand."

"Which kind do you want?"

Wang Quan thought for a moment. "Ordinary kidneys. Start me off with a hundred pairs."

The Round-Faced Daoist Nun blurted out, "You're really something!"

"You're going to hang a hundred pairs of kidneys on yourself to practice a Dual Cultivation Spell? Aren't you afraid your partner will kick you out of bed?"

Wang Quan coughed. "Senior Sister, I'm practicing a respectable spell."

The Round-Faced Daoist Nun chuckled. "Really respectable? Long-term use or short-term? Any special requirements?"

Wang Quan said earnestly, "Really respectable!"

"Long-term use. The more yang qi those kidneys have, the better!"

The Round-Faced Daoist Nun said, "All right, understood!"

"I'll arrange for someone to deliver them in two hours!"

"Mm... you'll have to pay them a thousand Green Beetles for the delivery!"

Wang Quan checked his money pouch, estimated his assets, and nodded. "All right, no problem!"

After ending the conversation, Wang Quan decided to practice the [Yang Qi Furnace] himself first.

This spell belonged to [life cultivation].

He simply had not seen it among the Drowning Dao Lower Court's [life cultivation] spells.

He merely assumed it belonged to some other unorthodox path or one of the Orthodox Mystic Sects, and gave it no further thought.

The cultivation method for the [Yang Qi Furnace] was simple: draw out the vital essence emitted by the kidneys and weave it into a small furnace that enveloped them.

Then the vital essence emitted by the kidneys themselves would be absorbed by the furnace, continuously tempering and strengthening it.

Once the spell reached its full power, the furnace would envelop the entire body, transforming all its flesh, sinews, bones, and internal organs.

Weaving the furnaces was simple, and Wang Quan's Yin Spirit was powerful.

In merely a few dozen breaths, he easily wove two illusory furnaces around his kidneys.

Then his Yin Spirit sensed the following:

The vital essence emitted by his kidneys made the illusory furnaces gradually solidify and slowly expand.

"But they're expanding far too slowly!"

"If my Yin Spirit weren't condensed enough, I probably wouldn't even be able to sense this expansion!"

"At this rate, I'd probably die before they finished expanding!"

With the [Yang Qi Furnace] furnaces woven, Wang Quan spent the remaining time continuing his study of the Daoist Scriptures.

Ideally, he would study in the second-layer world's Scripture Repository at night.

But he was currently focused on practicing the [Bright Moon Shines on Me Method], and he also had to clear out evil.

Thus, he had no time at all at night.

"Once I've cleared out enough evil and pushed my Yin Spirit to the level of a Yang Spirit, I'll be able to enter the second-layer world during the day too."

"Then... I can increase the number of Daoist Scriptures I've studied faster."

An hour passed...

Two hours passed...

A Red-Crowned Crane came flying through the sky.

On the mountaintop, Qian Xiuyue and the others went on guard and sent Wang Quan a message.

Just then, the Red-Crowned Crane spoke. "Don't attack, I'm on your side!"

"I'm delivering goods to Wang Quan!"

Well, this was a spirit monster.

"Where's Wang Quan? I've brought your big kidneys!"

At the foot of the mountain, Wang Quan covered his face with his sleeve. "Over here! Over here!"

Whoosh!

The Red-Crowned Crane descended from the sky, then shook its neck, dropping a wooden box. "The big kidneys are inside!"

"I'll come pick them up tomorrow."

"Make sure you don't damage them. Ruin a pair, and you'll have to pay for a pair!"

"Also, pay up!"

Clatter!

Wang Quan gave the Red-Crowned Crane a thousand Green Beetles. "Keep a low profile when you come tomorrow, or everyone will look at me funny."

The Red-Crowned Crane looked around and discovered that many spirit monsters, and even Qian Xiuyue and the others, were giving Wang Quan peculiar looks.

"Got it. I'll keep a low profile tomorrow!"

Flap!

The Red-Crowned Crane took to the sky and departed.

Wang Quan turned around, saw Qian Xiuyue's strange gaze, and could not help taking a step back.

Qian Xiuyue snickered. "Feel like having some yin-yang dual cultivation fun?"

"How many sets of kidneys did you prepare? Want me to join you? Or should I find some martial beauties to help?"

Wang Quan coughed. "Don't talk nonsense. I'm practicing a spell!"

Qian Xiuyue did not believe him.

The spirit monsters believed him even less.

A Red-Furred Fox Spirit swished her tail. "Last year, I met an employer who rented kidneys and said he was practicing a spell too."

"But that very night, he hurt me!"

Wang Quan raised an eyebrow. "Either shut up!"

"Or you're fired!"

The Red-Furred Fox Spirit did not dare spout any more nonsense and instead buried herself in her work.

Click!

Wang Quan opened the box.

The box was small, but there was a jar inside.

He took out the jar and chanted the scripture carved on it. A little later, the jar grew taller than a person.

The next second, pair after pair of dripping-wet kidneys emerged from it.

Qian Xiuyue instinctively took two steps back and sucked in a cold breath. "That many?"

"I can't take all that!"

"I'll have to find someone to share the load!"

Wang Quan glared at her, then chanted a scripture and cast a spell called [Parting Chaos].

This spell could sever limbs, organs, Dharma Power, and even Fundamental Methods and spells; after severing them, it could also perform temporary or permanent transplants.

Wang Quan activated [Parting Chaos], opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of Dharma Power. It turned into a hundred pairs of threads that hooked onto the rented kidneys.

The next second, thin layers of flesh grew from the kidneys, following the Dharma Power threads to fuse with the flesh at Wang Quan's waist.

Then:

A hundred pairs of kidneys hung in the air behind him like a peacock's fanned tail.

Wang Quan visualized and wove furnaces around each pair of kidneys.

Supported by the [Parting Chaos] spell, these kidneys still thought they were inside their owners' bodies, so they worked hard, pouring out vital essence to nourish the furnaces.

Once the rental period ended, Wang Quan could use [Parting Chaos] to sever these furnaces, either merging them into his own furnaces or sealing them away for the next batch of kidneys.