The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing deliberately changed his clothes before starting his cultivation, as the stench of pus from Nan Feng was too obvious.

From the clan elder's attitude, it was clear that Weian Town still prioritized stability, using methods to please the soon-to-arrive immortal.

But thinking about it, it made sense.

Compared to the immortal transformed from a strange object, body-refining cultivators had no advantage, and the diseased were even used to cultivate tree immortals.

The aura emitted by the diseased beast alone could drive body-refining cultivators mad, even causing the diseased to mutate and grow out of control.

Ren Qing used Ghost Shadow to check the information flow of the diseased beast.

【Ai Liang】

【Age: Seventy-six】

【Lifespan: Nine years and thirteen days】

【Disease: Hysteria Tree Seed, Deformed Disease】

The so-called diseased beast was just a cultivator affected by hysteria, emitting an aura that induced madness in living beings, but it was far inferior to the Longevity Immortal Statue.

In Ren Qing's view, that diseased beast didn't even reach the half-corpse realm, and it had no intelligence whatsoever. Yet, it had put the body-refining cultivators in such a miserable state.

Body-refining cultivators, in front of the Longevity Species, probably didn't even have the power to fight back.

Seeing the Longevity Species was about to arrive, Ren Qing felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

He stopped distracting himself with the Night Wanderer Swordplay and focused all his energy on the Netherworld Heavenly Worm Technique, striving to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible.

The next morning.

Ren Qing walked out of the厢房 and ran into Xu Sanliang again. The latter's expression was slightly tired, indicating that he hadn't rested all night.

Xu Sanliang nodded to Ren Qing as a greeting, hurrying to leave Qingfeng Pavilion.

However, he suddenly stopped after taking a few steps, turned his head, and reminded, "Shanlu, stop honing your body these days and get started with body-refining as soon as possible…"

"Alas, I wonder if it's too late?"

Xu Sanliang couldn't help but hesitate, and finally walked out of the gate quickly.

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes. The diseased would be affected by the hysteria aura emitted by the diseased beast, but body-refining could provide some resistance.

Nan Feng almost liquefied after only a brief contact with the diseased beast and its hysteria aura.

Qi Yun's cultivation was much higher than Nan Feng's, and his body-refining had reached the perfection of the half-corpse realm, so he had some energy to spare when facing the diseased beast.

"Drink…"

Ren Qing shook his head and, as always, came to the open space outside the厢房, grabbing the heavy stone ball and squatting into a horse stance.

An invisible aura spread out.

For him, honing his body also had a slight stimulating effect on the disease.

Because of the worm body compressing his flesh and bones, even Ren Qing himself didn't know what extent the liberation of the restrictions would reach.

It was a pity that there was no body-refining technique associated with the Gigantism Disease and the Flesh-Growing Disease; otherwise, Ren Qing was confident that his physique would increase several times out of thin air.

He took a deep breath, his pores seeming to breathe, exhaling the evaporating sweat.

After the Iron Grinding Swordplay reached the half-corpse realm, Ren Qing no longer felt like a martial artist but like a ferocious beast lurking in the dark.

Xu Tu and the other disciples were still asleep, but they all opened their eyes at the same time.

They only felt a jolt all over, and the drowsiness in their minds disappeared. They immediately sat up from the bed, then washed up and prepared themselves.

The silence of Qingfeng Pavilion was suddenly broken.

Of course, it wasn't just the martial arts hall; even the entire Weian Town became noisy.

Nan Feng's headless body was soon discovered. Even several hours after her death, it was still fresh, and a large number of soldiers surrounded the alley.

The inexplicable death of a body-refining cultivator was no small matter, especially at the critical moment when the immortal was about to arrive.

Fortunately, the Black Stone Hall suppressed the chaos brought by Nan Feng.

But other troubles followed.

Because of the diseased beast's wanton actions, wails soon came from the residential area one after another, and a foul stench spread.

Although there had been deaths and injuries recently, it was far from as exaggerated as today.

The corpses carried out from inside were simply horrifying to onlookers…

Clearly, they were relatively normal before their deaths, but after their deaths, they suddenly grew several heads; their flesh was completely corroded, leaving only a complete skeleton包裹内脏; their teeth grew in reverse, forcibly breaking through the skull and piercing the brain.

In short, the corpses were deaths caused by the diseased losing control.

Even if they barely survived, many people were unrecognizable, and some even chose to commit suicide because they couldn't accept it.

On the other hand, there were not many cases of children's diseased losing control, which should be related to their weaker physique, as the diseased also needed enough nutrition.

The sun had just emerged from the horizon, but after only half an hour, the sound of funeral instruments began to be heard endlessly, and paper money fluttered down.

What made Ren Qing a little puzzled was that the people of Weian Town didn't show much panic, and even the funerals were a bit perfunctory.

Perhaps Weian Town experienced this every few years, treating it as an outbreak of disease and not realizing that it was the government's fault.

For ordinary people who had lived in Weian Town for generations, disease, as an unforeseen disaster, was unavoidable from birth.

They were much more open-minded than outsiders.

Even if Xu Sanliang knew that it was caused by the diseased beast, he wouldn't suspect the clan elder.

After this crazy act, the number of hysteria patients increased by three or four hundred, which should have reached the clan elder's expectations.

At noon, Xu Sanliang returned to Qingfeng Pavilion again.

However, he didn't just come back by himself; he also brought seventeen or eighteen crying children, making the martial arts hall extremely lively.

The children all had a coldness that kept strangers away. After all, they had just experienced the nightmare of losing both parents, and their minds couldn't easily calm down.

The children were settled in the厢房 and taken care of by Xu Tu and the others.

Perhaps because their backgrounds were similar, their relationships quickly became closer, but they still retained a guard in their hearts.

Ren Qing was immersed in cultivation and didn't pay attention to the movements in the town.

In the eyes of the Qingfeng Pavilion disciples, Wang Shanlu could be called a martial arts fanatic, just honing himself from morning to night.

After his muscles were reflected by the sunlight, Ren Qing looked like a living statue.

The new children couldn't help but be a little afraid.

The Foundation Establishment stage of Ren Qing's body was more difficult to break through than he imagined, probably because the foundation was too strong.

The Foundation Establishment stage was actually the process of Youyuan gradually transforming the body, mainly to create a more suitable environment for the black worm to parasitize.

Ordinary people could complete the transformation in a short time, but his body, whether it was the density of his muscles or bones, was far beyond imagination.

Ren Qing constantly circulated the Great Circulation, his mind immersed in it.

Even the worm root integrated into the spine was mobilized by him to help Youyuan spread throughout his body, thereby breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

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Ren Qing seemed to have sensed an opportunity.

He knew that the opportunity was fleeting. If he couldn't grasp it, he might waste more than ten days, which would be a great loss.

Ren Qing's bones made a series of metallic collision sounds, and his legs directly cracked the bricks.

Ghost Shadow actively seeped into his skin and flesh, and tightly locked the aura of Youyuan within, without revealing anything unusual on the surface.

A whistling gale rose from the ground.

Xu Sanliang belatedly looked towards the厢房, vaguely able to detect a strange palpitation, not knowing what was happening to Wang Shanlu.

Could it be that his body-refining had made a breakthrough?

It had only been a few days, and he was already about to reach the Martial Man realm…

Just as he was about to go check, he suddenly glanced at the door with his peripheral vision. There was a familiar figure there at some point.

"Qi Yun…"

Qi Yun was naked, his skin covered with blue veins, his red eyes filled with madness, but his consciousness was still relatively clear.

"Xu Sanliang, you were the last one to have contact with Junior Sister Nan Feng, right?"

"Yes, but I took a step first and didn't see who did it."

Xu Sanliang understood the meaning in Qi Yun's words. He did have the motive and time to kill, but there were no sword marks on the surface of the corpse; it was more like being hit on the head with a heavy object.

After learning of Nan Feng's death, he went to the Black Stone Hall as soon as possible, and Xu Shiwang didn't suspect him.

"It seems I misunderstood Senior Brother you."

Qi Yun became as gentle as a spring breeze, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

But just as he took half a step, his fist quickly swelled several times, and he struck Xu Sanliang's head with a frenzied expression.

Xu Sanliang was already prepared, and a stream of air sprayed from his right hand to dodge it.

Since he saw that the other party was a complete madman, how could he gamble his life on whether Qi Yun had any conscience?

Qi Yun was still relentless, his body-refining palm technique was extremely fierce, chasing Xu Sanliang and fighting him, aiming at the latter's head with every move.

"Stop!"

"I said it has nothing to do with me!"

Xu Sanliang's eyes were mixed with anger, but he really didn't have a good way to deal with Qi Yun.

Qi Yun's mouth showed an exaggerated arc, saliva mixed with blood dripping on the ground, and then his fist swelled a lot more.

If Ren Qing used the information flow to check Qi Yun, he would find that the latter's hysteria was becoming more and more serious, and it could already be considered demonic.

"Senior Brother Sanliang, I'm a little hungry."

Qi Yun's nose twitched, as if he smelled the bloody smell emitted by the injured children in Qingfeng Pavilion. His legs exerted force and instantly changed direction.

Xu Sanliang didn't react in time, and the other party actually rushed into Qingfeng Pavilion.

Qi Yun's eyes were red, and everything he saw was full of heavy phantoms. If his body wasn't畸变, he would have turned into a diseased beast without intelligence.

He walked on all fours and smashed several walls in a row, and soon came to the door of the厢房, but his eyes couldn't help but lock on Ren Qing.

The pressure brought by Ren Qing was too strong.

"You killed my junior sister…"

Qi Yun directly waved his fist at Ren Qing.

Ren Qing suddenly opened his eyes, forcibly interrupting the Netherworld Heavenly Worm Technique that was about to advance, and an inexplicable fire surged in his heart.

He took half a step back, accumulating strength in his right foot, and put his hands behind his back.

"Damn it."

Xu Sanliang's face was full of guilt when he saw this. The joints of his right arm were instantly dislocated, lengthening to touch the ground, like a long sword unsheathed.

He dragged his right arm and exerted the "Dragging Sword Style" of the Great Wind Swordplay to the fullest.

The two stood at an angle, and unhesitatingly struck towards Qi Yun, obviously aiming at the other's weaknesses such as the neck.

But before their attacks could land, Qi Yun's head suddenly exploded.

Xu Shiwang stood aside,甩去 the blood stains on his palm, and turned to look at Ren Qing and said, "I'm sorry, Wang Shanlu, I didn't take good care of my disciples…"

"As the Grand Master of the Black Stone Hall, I am willing to use a body-refining technique as compensation."

Ren Qing smiled but not happily.

This old fox…

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