The Secret Way of Immortality

The sudden changes in the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone were not due to the death of the jailer within, but rather the gradual influence of the strange objects that had been consumed.

The color of the rice ears became increasingly gray and attracted a large number of flies.

An indescribable stench of corpses permeated the air.

Jiang Feng didn't have a good solution for this, so while reporting to the Jailer Hall, he ordered the soldiers and yamen runners to gradually evacuate towards An'nan Town.

The jailers retreated to more than ten miles away.

The mountain fire, accompanied by thick smoke, was ignited again. No matter what changes occurred in the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone, the Jailer Hall first had to ensure that the surrounding area was turned into a desolate wasteland.

Jiang Feng didn't assign any tasks to Ren Qing, leaving him relatively free.

Ren Qing focused on cultivation.

Unknowingly, his lifespan had reached sixty-two years.

He felt that the life-extending effect of devouring eyes hadn't slowed down even at sixty years of age, demonstrating the effect of the Flesh and Blood Furnace.

Ren Qing's spell system was primarily based on the Gluttony Method, and the Food Immortal Method was more important for his foundation than he had imagined.

He was just about to begin breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage when another anomaly occurred in the forbidden zone.

In the middle of the night, the rice paddies suddenly echoed with the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling. As the阴 wind blew, the area slowly expanded by at least twenty acres.

In the center of the fields stood several dilapidated tombstones.

The rice ears turned withered and yellow, and the stench became even stronger.

The jailers moved to retreat in unison. Since the area of the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone had increased, they naturally had to retreat accordingly.

Huang Ziwan couldn't find Ren Qing's trace in the vicinity and had to leave first.

Ren Qing, with a worried expression, stood on a hilltop near the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone.

He looked towards the expanding rice paddies, which was likely due to the deaths and injuries of the jailers within the forbidden zone, leading to a further deterioration of the situation.

Jiang Feng appeared beside Ren Qing, and the two of them stared at the rice paddies in silence.

After a long while, Jiang Feng finally said, "Don't worry too much, the divine powers of the Yin Messenger Realm are beyond our imagination."

Ren Qing nodded slightly.

The difficulty of finding the core strange object in the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone was imaginable.

According to Song Zongwu, as long as they controlled the strange object, they could then use some means to forcibly send it to the Abyssal Hell for containment.

At that time, the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone would naturally be defeated without a fight.

However, the obvious intentions of Song Zongwu and the others also indicated that they would face constant attacks from the forbidden zone's consciousness, day and night.

Ren Qing then learned that the Jailer Hall had dispatched an Yin Messenger Realm expert, intending to oversee the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone to prevent accidents.

Jiang Feng hinted that Yin Messenger Realm experts were not water gourds.

Seeing this, Ren Qing planned to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, as it was inconvenient under the eyes of an Yin Messenger Realm expert.

Ren Qing greeted Jiang Feng, only saying that there was something wrong with his spells. Jiang Feng had no objections, as there were enough people anyway.

He then headed towards the mountains and forests, while Jiang Feng was still responsible for establishing a new camp.

Ren Qing chose a water curtain cave behind a waterfall as the location for his seclusion. Stalactites hung from the top, and no living creatures were seen.

Since the Ghost Shadow was advancing to the Heavenly Dao Method, the separated soul could be used to guard the surroundings, so there shouldn't be any oversights.

【Do you want to advance to the Netherworld Spirit Root, which will consume fifty-five years of lifespan】

Ren Qing first stuffed some eyeballs into the furnace, and then secretly confirmed.

The Heavenly Dao worm in the Ghost Shadow seemed to sense something was wrong. It became unusually active, constantly wandering around.

However, the Ghost Shadow was, after all, a transformation of the Ghost Envoy Realm, and it had no difficulty suppressing a mere Martial Human Realm Heavenly Dao worm larva.

The Heavenly Dao worm larva let out a strange cry.

Hiss hiss hiss...

Ren Qing's scalp tingled as he watched the Ghost Shadow. The latter was like boiling water, and the sounds it made caused the stalactites to fall continuously, crackling.

The information stream's exemption price would not be merciful at all, and the methods were usually extremely crude.

The appearance of the Ghost Shadow transformed into a Heavenly Dao worm larva, about five meters long, with a jet-black color and blood-red eyes that emitted a cold light.

It stared at Ren Qing and actually opened its mouth in a hoarse voice, saying, "Do you know..."

An aura that seemed like a natural enemy emanated from the Heavenly Dao worm larva, and even Ren Qing vaguely felt frightened.

The Heavenly Dao worm larva seemed to want to make a threat, but the voice stopped abruptly.

"Uh..."

Ren Qing looked puzzled: "What?"

He thought that the Heavenly Dao worm would break away from the Ghost Shadow, but he didn't expect the aura to continue to weaken, and he clearly felt that the consciousness was being erased.

The Heavenly Dao worm larva couldn't maintain its shape and soon turned back into the mud-like Ghost Shadow.

Only then was the drawback of the Heavenly Dao Method completely exempted by the information stream.

The promotion of the Netherworld Art officially began.

The double pupils in Ren Qing's eyes rotated, and his gaze looked at the Heavenly Dao worm larva in the Ghost Shadow.

In a normal promotion to the Foundation Establishment stage, the Heavenly Dao worm larva would excrete the Nether Essence residue from the body to help the cultivator construct the spirit root.

The strength of the spirit root mainly involved the nutrients that the Heavenly Dao worm larva obtained during the Qi Refining stage.

However, the Heavenly Dao worm larva in the Ghost Shadow was completely different. It now only had a body, and its intelligence had been wiped out.

So the way to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage was slightly different.

The Heavenly Dao worm larva opened its chrysanthemum-shaped mouth, and a spine was forcibly pulled out, causing it to tremble constantly from the pain.

Part of the Ghost Shadow's body forcibly merged into the spine of the Heavenly Dao worm, causing the spine to transform into a black-gray color, like a bamboo that was rising step by step.

The information stream didn't just let the Heavenly Dao worm larva go. Part of the Ghost Shadow's body was stripped away again, so that a spine could be reconstructed.

The Ghost Shadow and the Heavenly Dao worm larva became more closely connected.

Fortunately, the Ghost Shadow could regenerate itself, otherwise this wave would at least be a heavy blow.

Ren Qing felt that the Heavenly Dao worm larva had been completely controlled by the Ghost Shadow, but at the same time, it was impossible to easily remove the Heavenly Dao worm.

He looked at the crystal-clear Netherworld Spirit Root in the Ghost Shadow's body, which was gradually becoming one with the Ghost Shadow under the influence of the information stream.

Ren Qing suddenly felt a little wasteful.

His positioning of the Ghost Shadow was to create defensive spells around the Ghost Substitute, and the corrosive effect of the Nether Essence was not very useful.

The Netherworld Spirit Root was still formed from the spine, so if it could be integrated into the Dragon-Snake Spine...

Just as the thought arose, the Ghost Shadow began to boil again, because the Netherworld Spirit Root, which had been half-fused, was forcibly stripped away.

Then the Netherworld Spirit Root was sent into Ren Qing's body with the help of the Ghost Shadow.

Ren Qing felt his body temperature drop a lot. The Netherworld Spirit Root flowed slowly with the blood vessels, and finally reached the position of the spine.

He stroked his chin and pondered secretly.

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The information stream should be based on Ren Qing's ideas, and since the Netherworld Art was not practiced by the main body, it could be interfered with.

Ren Qing touched the Netherworld Spirit Root with his separated soul. The separated soul consumed extremely quickly after being attached to the spirit root, but it could indeed be controlled with consciousness.

He pondered for a moment and did not choose to integrate it into the Dragon-Snake Spine. After all, if the magic weapon was damaged, it might affect the Netherworld Spirit Root.

Ren Qing finally fused the Netherworld Spirit Root with his own spine.

If the Dragon-Snake Spine was compared to a sword, then the spine was the sword sheath, which could nurture the natal magic weapon at all times.

Over time, the Dragon-Snake Spine would definitely gradually be stained with the characteristics of the Nether Essence.

The most important thing was that according to the description of the Heavenly Dao Method, the lifespan of the cultivator would be extended with the improvement of the realm.

He suspected that the life-extending effect could only be triggered if he fused with the spirit root himself.

Of course, in this way, the Ghost Shadow would not have the Netherworld Spirit Root. Although it could still absorb the Nether Essence through the Heavenly Dao worm, it would be difficult to store it.

The Heavenly Dao Method could not be promoted independently, but this was not a bad thing...

After Ren Qing made up his mind, an indescribable coldness arose in his spine and spread to his whole body along with his bones.

Ice crystals formed on his skin, and the cold air spread on the ground, even causing the waterfall outside to have some freezing trends.

The effect of the Netherworld Spirit Root was subtle.

For the cultivators of the Non-Action Taoist Temple, the spirit root was a necessary condition for advancing to a higher realm, and it was used to absorb the Nether Essence.

But Ren Qing didn't plan to let his main body mess with any strange Nether Essence. If he came into contact with the cultivators of the Heavenly Dao Method in the future, it would be easy to see through the truth.

However, the Netherworld Spirit Root could strengthen the bones of the whole body and nurture the Dragon-Snake Spine.

That was enough.

Ren Qing opened his eyes, first touched the ribs in front of his chest, and was relieved to see that he had not been turned into the physique of the Jing Prefecture people.

He called out the information stream uneasily.

【Lifespan: Forty-seven years】

Ren Qing couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

I have to say, the Heavenly Dao worm was indeed a very special strange object, and it could actually make cultivators live longer.

Originally, he had consumed fifty-five years, and he should have had seven years left, but he didn't expect to have forty years more, which was a surprise.

The Golden Core stage must have gained more lifespan.

【Do you want to advance to the Yellow Spring Immortal Bone, which will consume seventy years of lifespan】

Ren Qing's expression was not surprising. The drawbacks of the Heavenly Dao Method involved all aspects, and the immortal bones of the Golden Core stage must have hidden tricks of the Heavenly Dao worm.

The immortal body of the Nascent Soul stage was the same.

Only by exempting the spirit root, immortal bone, and immortal body through the information stream could safety be guaranteed.

The Non-Action Taoist Temple did not die in vain. It was estimated that from the most basic entry method to the Earth Immortal stage, every step was beyond redemption.

Ren Qing sighed.

He turned his attention to the Human Skin Book and other three half-corpse realm spells. Anyway, his lifespan was enough, so he might as well advance all at once.

As Ren Qing closed his eyes, his aura leaked out, and a large number of wild animals around the waterfall scrambled to escape.

At the same time, a few meters of book pages flew over in mid-air.

Three people were sitting firmly on the book pages. In addition to the Yin Messenger Realm Li Tiangang, the rest were ordinary Ghost Envoy Realm jailers.

The two jailers looked a little strange.

One person's head was gourd-shaped and far exceeded that of ordinary people, giving the feeling that it would break from the neck at any time.

The remaining jailer was covered in silver-white scales, and his eyes and tongue showed traces of snake people, and the alienation was more obvious.

The latter was Lin Cheng.

Although he had not been in the Ghost Envoy Realm for a full year, he had been promoted to a formal jailer because of the recent deaths and injuries of the jailers.

Lin Cheng glanced obscurely at the gourd-headed jailer.

This person's name was Zhong Hulu, and he claimed to be a disciple of Shui Hulu, but in reality, he was just a tool used to compare the defects of spells.

Lin Cheng subconsciously reached into his arms and touched a thick feather.

He learned from his uncle Zhang Qiu that Zhong Hulu had heard that Ren Qing was in the Food Immortal Forbidden Zone and had made a special trip to go there.

After Lin Cheng confirmed the other party's purpose, he had been trying to contact Ren Qing along the way, but with Li Tiangang by his side, he couldn't find any chance at all.

The three were silent.

Li Tiangang stared at the distant waterfall, and his expression showed that he wanted to explore it.

"There is the aura of advancing to the Ghost Envoy Realm, what a rich foundation..."

He tapped his finger on the paper under him and flew quickly towards the waterfall that had been turned into an ice sculpture.