The Secret Way of Immortality

Crane Mountain was already considered a high elevation in the Xiangxiang mountain range, named so because it was a gathering place for birds.

Qian Yun saw the outline of the distant peaks gradually taking shape, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Crane Mountain Town was located halfway up the mountain, a rather unique mountain city. The local residents called themselves mountain people, with more hunters than farmers.

Qian Yun signaled the team to speed up, preferably entering the city before nightfall to avoid any danger.

However, along the way, he felt it had been relatively smooth, at least passing safely through the areas where bandits roamed.

The only thing that puzzled him was that the prison guard following the team had not shown his face from beginning to end, and he didn't even know his name.

Ren Qing opened his eyes, stretched, and yawned.

These few days, in his opinion, had passed in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps because his lifespan had dropped below ten years, the life extension efficiency was very high under the blessing of the Gluttony Method.

Ren Qing was now not far from being promoted to the Divine Foot Sutra, and only needed to replenish his resources at the ghost market one more time.

While traveling and having nothing to do, he secretly considered how to deal with the Non-Action Sect.

First of all, the most troublesome thing was finding their tracks, and secondly, trying not to make a sound when dealing with the Non-Action Sect.

After all, it was not in the wilderness, and brute force would definitely attract the attention of the Prison Guard Hall.

Finally, Ren Qing came to the conclusion that if he could infiltrate the Non-Action Sect, figure out the location of the Immortal Lord, he could disintegrate them from the inside.

Regarding this point, he had tried it in the Non-Action Dojo.

Ren Qing found that the patterns on the Taoist robe representing the Great Dao Official could be hidden, and it was not difficult to pretend to accidentally stray into it.

But it still depended on the situation.

The flatbed cart bumped, and Ren Qing came back to his senses.

The team was traveling on a winding mountain road, and they had to be careful. If they startled the horses, they might fall off the cliff.

Ren Qing jumped off the flatbed cart.

He watched the team move away, and only after everyone entered the city did he turn around and disappear into the mountains.

Scholars returning to Crane Mountain Town would attract a lot of attention, including prison guards and members of the Non-Action Sect.

Ren Qing planned to stay outside the city for a while, and then sneak into it later.

He found a tree hole to live in temporarily, simply sealing the opening with weeds.

It was just as well that the Dragon-Snake Spine was about to completely absorb the spine obtained from the Land of the Underworld. Although it wouldn't lead to transformation, it would still increase his strength somewhat.

Ren Qing practiced peacefully in the tree hole, and ended up staying for several days.

He also observed the prison in his abdomen on weekdays. After being eroded by wolf blood, the wolves had unknowingly died almost completely.

In the end, only three wild wolves remained, and they had mutated to varying degrees due to misfortune.

The mutated wolves had increased in size, their fur had faded, and they were covered with a layer of dense bone armor, with bone spurs growing on their backs.

Theoretically speaking, the mutated wolves could be used for transportation.

But the bone spurs on the wolf's back were very sharp, making it impossible to sit comfortably.

The husky, on the other hand, was the opposite. Its body, more than two meters long, was covered with thick fur, making it a natural cushion.

The disadvantage was that it was too noisy, unless the husky was locked up with a strange object from the Divine Foot Sutra.

Ren Qing summoned the Dragon-Snake Spine. The pale white spine was slightly glowing, and its flexibility and sharpness had increased a lot.

Unfortunately, to improve its essence, he could only wait until he was promoted to the Ghost Envoy realm.

But apart from the already reserved Divine Foot Sutra.

The Human Skin Book, Armor Skill, and Immortal in the Mirror all had different focuses, and it was really difficult to choose which one to promote to. It would be great if he could master the Scripture of the Dead.

Ren Qing put away the Dragon-Snake Spine, packed up, and headed towards Crane Mountain Town.

Unlike Three Rivers City, the walls of Crane Mountain Town were relatively low, possibly due to the terrain being easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with construction costs.

Ren Qing didn't plan to take the main road. He went straight to a remote part of the city wall.

Then he climbed upwards with force in his legs, and soon reached the top. The officers naturally didn't notice Ren Qing's figure.

Ren Qing stood high and looked down at the town, his expression showing some interest.

Although Crane Mountain Town was located on a flat mountainside, the ground inevitably had a certain slope, causing the buildings to be crooked.

But he didn't find it ridiculous, but rather had a different kind of majesty.

The layout of the yamen was long and narrow, and there must be a Prison Guard Hall, but he estimated that there were only two or three prison guards, and they might all be staying in the Avici Hell.

Ren Qing had read the files of Crane Mountain Town.

There were many mountain villages around the town, with a total population of about 80,000, and resources were barely self-sufficient.

As for the food problem, Crane Mountain Town was backed by mountains, and hunting could solve part of it, and the rest was taken care of by the surrounding terraced fields.

The terraced fields mainly grew rice, and at a glance, one could see many farmers working in them, and one could also hear loud mountain songs.

Ren Qing jumped down from the wall.

He adjusted his body in mid-air, leaving only a shallow pit when he landed.

Ren Qing dressed up as a scholar and blended into Crane Mountain Town. In fact, after the imperial examination, scholars from other cities did follow the team here.

He walked on the street, and the sense of slope became more obvious.

The height difference from south to north was at least a foot, and the buildings were stacked on top of each other, all keeping a short distance.

Ren Qing glanced around with his peripheral vision, and could see constables every hundred meters.

The residents were talking about it.

He couldn't help but listen, and didn't expect that in half a month, they would hold a mountain god祭祀 to pray for peace.

Ren Qing initially thought that he had good luck, and encountered a festival as soon as he entered the city.

But he soon realized that this was not the case.

Crane Mountain Town did not stipulate when to祭祀 the mountain god. As long as they had something to do, they would set up an altar with great fanfare.

Sowing, autumn harvest, praying for rain, drought and flood...

No wonder the Non-Action Sect would hide in Crane Mountain. People gathered in large numbers at every turn, which was too suitable for preaching.

Ren Qing watched as the sky gradually darkened, and prepared to stay for the night first.

Everything in the city seemed ordinary, but everything was also strange. In this way, he was not in a hurry to find clues about the Non-Action Sect.

As long as he ensured that he was not exposed, he could act according to the circumstances.

Ren Qing deliberately found an inn closest to the yamen, so that he could reduce the possibility of the Non-Action Sect lurking nearby.

After all, prison guards often came and went.

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Because there was little personnel flow in the inn, there was usually not much business, so it was mainly a restaurant, and accommodation was secondary.

The shopkeeper who received him was over forty years old, and his hair was already gray.

After Ren Qing expressed that he wanted a room, the shopkeeper simply asked a few questions, and then took him to the second floor.

Ren Qing took the opportunity to contact all the waiters in the inn, and without exception, they were all ordinary people, without any trace of the Non-Action Sect.

On the first night in Crane Mountain Town, Ren Qing deliberately separated some of his mind for vigilance.

He was afraid of encountering possible dangers, and the Dragon-Snake Spine was also wrapped around the beams, and would react immediately as long as he felt movement.

But the result was unexpected.

Until the sun rose, Crane Mountain Town was still as calm as a lake.

Ren Qing had no choice. On the surface, he took books to read on the street every day, but in fact, he was looking for any clues.

But after a few days, there was still no movement.

Only then did he realize that he had fallen into a misunderstanding. Would the Non-Action Sect really focus on a town guarded by prison guards?

The answer was impossible.

The old six of the Non-Action Sect must still be focusing on the mountain villages.

But to say that the Non-Action Sect had not set foot in the town was also unrealistic.

At least the祭祀 to the mountain god, the other party must intervene.

The so-called mountain god was called "Aru God", and had been in Crane Mountain Town for hundreds of years, and none of the temple priests had any magic.

If Ren Qing rashly went to the mountain village, he might not be able to find the Immortal Lord, and he would easily startle the snake, so he waited for the祭祀 to the mountain god.

During this period, even when the ghost market opened, he only went to the Great Dream Pavilion in a hurry to replenish his resources.

He let the clone do business in the Great Dream Forging Iron alone, and the main body immediately returned to the real world.

As the mountain god祭祀 approached, Crane Mountain Town became lively.

Because this time they were praying for good weather, they had to use a lot of food as sacrifices, and they started preparing a few days in advance.

From morning to night, one could clearly smell the burning of firewood in the air.

But even as the祭祀 approached, there was still no movement from the Non-Action Sect, which made Ren Qing suspect that the other party had given up.

Fortunately, the preaching in the Non-Action Dojo was still continuing.

Obviously, the Immortal Lord believed that Ren Qing, who had mutated to such an extent, could not affect the actions of the Non-Action Sect in Crane Mountain.

After all, Ren Qing's consciousness at that time turned into a giant wolf, which must have been caused by the mutation of his body.

He learned from the shopkeeper of the inn that the祭祀 would last for several days and nights, and the first thing to start was the summoning of the god.

Before祭祀 the mountain god, the summoning of the god would take place.

Seeing this, Ren Qing mixed in with the crowd and set off towards the place of祭祀.

The people he met along the way had devout expressions and were well-ordered, without any conflicts.

The people merged into the main road from the branch roads, forming a vast stream of people. Even if he estimated it, there were at least several thousand people.

The flow of people in the center of the street was deliberately separated by a distance of three meters.

It was too easy to fish in troubled waters in this situation.

Of course, the prison guards also intervened. Several probationary officers stood on the eaves, and from the surface, they should only have the cultivation of the early Half-Corpse Realm.

Ren Qing's sense of presence was not strong, and he could observe the vicinity unscrupulously.

Soon there was movement, which was the sound of horses' hooves stepping on bricks. Judging from the sound, there were at least eight strong horses.

In a town that was mainly mountain roads, horses were scarce.

Seeing this, Ren Qing turned his head to look, and the squinted eyes unconsciously operated the double pupils. There was a carriage coming from the end of the street.

The carriage was carrying a mountain god statue more than two meters high, which was carved extremely beautifully, but the face was indeed blurred.

There were also a lot of patterns on the curtains surrounding the statue, which recorded the process of Crane Mountain Town from nothing to something.

The original mountain people should have fled to the high mountains to escape the flood. As hundreds of years passed, it gradually developed into Crane Mountain Town.

Ren Qing's heart suddenly moved.

In fact, there was no need to wait for the Non-Action Sect to act. Wouldn't it be enough to force these guys out? Of course, the degree must be grasped well.

And he felt that before that, he should be able to gather enough lifespan for promotion.

He thought about the feasibility, and soon came to the place of祭祀 to the mountain god.