The Secret Way of Immortality

If Ren Qing hadn't been worried that the space within the abdominal prison would be too large and frighten the other jailers, he would have only needed to visit Stone Mountain once.

The city wall where he was located was quickly erected, with stones around half a meter in size, making it the most solid and durable.

Since wild beasts required the involvement of Ghost Envoy realm cultivators to fight against, Ren Qing felt that Li Tiangang's purpose wasn't to use the walls to block them.

There was probably another deeper meaning.

Ren Qing currently couldn't participate in the core affairs of the Jailer Hall, so he could only take things one step at a time.

As a result, in less than half a day, some fungi about one meter tall grew in the center of the open space.

Judging from the speed of its spread, it would soon cover the entire area.

Ren Qing was slightly puzzled, finding it difficult to associate the fungi with the Supreme Heavenly Demon; could it just be to make the terrain more complex?

Since he had already finished building the city wall anyway, he might as well go and check the situation, which would at least give him some idea of what was going on.

Li Tiangang was still flipping through papers, while Song Zongwu was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing this, Ren Qing planned to get some information out of Jiang Feng, but the latter spread his hands and said, "Brother Ren, how could the secrets of the Jailer Hall be known to Ghost Envoy realm cultivators like us?"

Jiang Feng's expression was slightly complicated.

He suddenly felt that the originally dangerous mission might be much simpler, knowing that jailers who had undergone two or three transformations had been transferred to suppress the Corpse Dog Soul and others.

"Ren Qing, you…"

He was just about to continue speaking when he saw Ren Qing decisively walking towards the fungi.

Li Tiangang raised his head and, noticing it was Ren Qing, didn't pay any attention. Seeing this, Jiang Feng couldn't stop him either, and could only stand there and wait.

At the center of the fungi, dust-like spores slowly drifted.

Ren Qing held his breath, and the black shadow covered his entire body to avoid being contaminated by the spores.

He looked at the gradually growing fungi and, for some reason, thought of the Earth God.

Back then, when encircling and suppressing the Earth God at the temple fair, the latter swallowed the strange object of the Summer Grass Art, and eventually turned into a human-faced mushroom.

But if it involved the Summer Grass Art, why not send those temple priests here?

Ren Qing glanced at Li Tiangang, then extended his palm out of the black shadow to touch the fungi.

A stream of information surged.

【Tai Sui】

【Formed by the condensation of the Winter Worm Art, it is transformed from the shattered soul of a cultivator before death.】

【Winter Worm Art】

【Created by the Tai Sui Dao Lord, cultivating this technique requires propagating seventy-five types of colorless and formless bacteria within oneself to succeed.】

Ren Qing's expression became even more peculiar. The Winter Worm and Summer Grass Arts clearly shared the same origin, and their abilities should both be related to controlling bacteria.

Why build a large number of fungi on the original site of Sanxiang City?

Perhaps…

Ren Qing raised an eyebrow. It shouldn't be because it involved the Winter Worm and Summer Grass Arts; the key was probably the Tai Sui transformed from the shattered soul.

"This thing involves existences above the Yang God realm…"

Li Tiangang's voice appeared next to Ren Qing, startling him so much that he almost bumped into the fungi.

"Senior Li Tiangang, are you saying…"

Li Tiangang patiently explained, "It should be the soul of a Heavenly Guile realm cultivator that transformed. The Jailer Hall obtained some of it in the past."

"The Guile Infant is of great importance, only the Tai Sui Forest can conceal its aura."

Ren Qing nodded. No wonder the Jailer Hall dared to fuse more than thirty remnants of souls; it seemed to be because of the Tai Sui Forest, which prevented attracting the attention of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

However, the Jailer Hall was too bold the first time they summoned souls…

With even the slightest mistake, Xiangxiang would cease to exist.

Ren Qing felt much more at ease, bid farewell to Li Tiangang, and returned to the city wall to rest.

He contemplated the Nameless Art, his mind becoming clearer. Various clues inadvertently connected, and suddenly his body shook.

If this black dust-like spore is transformed from a cultivator's soul, then what the hell is the giant figure next to the Brain Tree in the Land of冥羽…

Speaking of which, the temple priests who mastered the Summer Grass Art should be going to the Brain Tree.

Ren Qing suddenly realized that the Jailer Hall's plan was definitely not just to revive the Ksitigarbha; this wave was probably trying to pull off a major event that would solve everything once and for all.

He didn't know what to say, so he could only use meditation to calm his mind.

Just as Ren Qing was meditating and cultivating, the city walls in various places were gradually being built, completely completed after a day and a night.

Ren Qing opened his eyes.

The Tai Sui Forest had already covered the entire open space. It turned out that the city walls were not to block the wild beasts, but to seal the gradual expansion of the Tai Sui.

Li Tiangang walked to the wall and pasted pages of paper on it.

The air gradually became dry. By reducing the moisture, the fungi could be easily controlled, and the spores could not fly too far.

The jailers looked at each other, and no one except Ren Qing knew what would happen.

After the two-day deadline passed, Jiang Feng used a spell to notify the jailers to go to the corresponding locations, ready to welcome the attacking wild beasts at any time.

Lin Cheng couldn't help but feel a little nervous, after all, he was participating in such a large-scale battle.

He hesitated to speak, but Ren Qing beside him said, "It's coming…"

Lin Cheng subconsciously asked, "What's coming?"

Ren Qing didn't reply, muttering to himself in a voice only he could hear, "The Heavenly Demon is descending."

Li Tiangang tore apart the paper sealing the Guile Infant, and a half-human, half-sheep cub stood in the Tai Sui Forest.

Just as it was about to escape, Song Zongwu suddenly approached and struck out with a palm, hitting the Guile Infant's face directly, knocking it to the ground.

Baa…

A childish cry rang out.

The jailers covered their ears, and a feeling of nausea arose in their stomachs.

There seemed to be some movement in the distant mountains and forests.

Song Zongwu forcibly opened the Guile Infant's mouth and stuffed a flower of the other shore into it, not letting go until it was completely swallowed.

Seeing this, Li Tiangang released another Guile Infant, but this time Song Zongwu stood in place.

The Guile Infants approached each other and then began to tear each other apart. Suddenly, black blood splattered everywhere, and finally the victor completely swallowed the corpse.

At this time, the Guile Infant had transformed into the appearance of a black mountain goat, standing in place on its hooves, sticking out its tongue and licking the blood stains on its body.

Baa… Me…

The birds in the mountains and forests flew away in droves, and movements were constantly approaching the city wall.

Song Zongwu clenched his fists and rained down blows on the black mountain goat, then forced it to swallow another flower of the other shore.

Li Tiangang continued to release Guile Infants.

By the time of the seventh one, Song Zongwu couldn't help but become serious.

Wild beasts rushed out of the mountains and forests like a tide, desperately crashing towards the city wall.

Ren Qing discovered that most of the wild beasts were herbivores, and even if their limbs were injured while running, they didn't stop at all.

As they got closer and closer to the city wall, their appearance also changed.

Their heads grew narrow horns like those of cattle and sheep, like deformed humanoid goats, and their eyes even revealed fanaticism.

After a brief moment of daze, the jailers launched their attacks.

Spells turned the wild beasts into minced meat. Apart from being slightly stronger, they couldn't possibly be a match for Ghost Envoy realm cultivators.

But soon, something incredible happened.

The goats actually turned around and fled into the mountains and forests.

【Sorry, sorry, a little late.】

Thanks to 希思冰茶, 比格比猩猩, and 凉薄 for the rewards.