The Secret Way of Immortality

The hysterical patients each acted independently, forming strange and bizarre factions, and even crafted a large number of wooden seats.

In the world of hysteria, the crude wooden seats were like the nine-grade lotus thrones of the Buddha, radiating dazzling light.

Yet, it was the effect of hysteria that not only stimulated the growth of diseases but also made patients feel as if they were in a fairyland, on the verge of attaining immortality at any moment.

When the statue of the Longevity Immortal was completely formed, all the hysterical patients gathered on both sides of the empty street, gazing at the statue as if worshiping a sacred Buddha.

The ranks of hysterical patients grew stronger, with more and more people being eroded and losing control due to hysteria, joining the embrace of delusional cultivation.

However, these people were originally admirers of immortality, so their willpower was so weak; most people could still endure it.

Roots extended from the end of the immortal peach held by the statue of the Longevity Immortal, landing beside the cultivator who appeared to have the most severe disease mutation.

The cultivator laughed loudly, reaching out to touch the roots without hesitation.

"Fellow Daoists, I will become an immortal first!!!"

Seven-colored light emanated from every pore of his body, and the nearby cultivators couldn't help but kneel down, their expressions becoming extremely fanatical.

Giggle giggle giggle...

The cultivator's spine suddenly protruded, and his limbs trembled incessantly.

However, his expression still maintained its fanaticism, as if he were about to face a transformation into an immortal, inspiring yearning in others.

Soon, cracks appeared in his spine, and a newborn cultivator was slowly emerging.

His original appearance was extremely deformed, but now he seemed to have returned to normal, with white hair and a youthful face, wearing a neat Taoist robe.

Very much in line with everyone's impression of an immortal.

The cultivator flew gracefully towards the top of the Longevity Immortal statue, while the other fellow Daoists watched him leave, their eyes filled with unsuppressed longing.

But what was the scene in the real world?

Only the roots extending from the Longevity Immortal statue had drained the patient into a dried corpse.

From flesh and blood to bones and soul, not a trace remained; the so-called ascension to immortality was just a fantasy from the hysterical patients.

In the eyes of the surviving body-refining cultivators, Weian Town was shrouded in unspeakable despair.

Relying on body refinement, they could barely resist the erosion of the hysterical aura, so they hid in hidden cellars inside houses.

The body-refining cultivators came from various martial arts training halls, so they knew something about the secrets of the Longevity Immortal statue: once it absorbed enough nutrients to nurture the fruit, it would wither completely.

Under such circumstances, naturally no one would resist the threat from the Changsheng species.

Crack crack crack crack...

The Black Stone Hall, reduced to ruins, suddenly collapsed, and a man covered in wounds crawled out from the bottom, leaving a trail of blackened blood.

Xu Sanliang gasped heavily, his consciousness as muddled as paste.

He had no idea what was happening; he was hit hard on the head by a stone, and the debris of the building buried him.

Under the influence of the hysterical aura, Xu Sanliang appeared dazed.

He struggled to get up, looked around at the devastated Black Stone Hall, and for a moment didn't know where to go.

Weian Town, which he had been worried about just a moment ago, was now almost razed to the ground.

The Longevity Immortal statue, piercing through the sky in the distance, stood shrouded in the hazy dust, and he could still see patients climbing upwards one after another.

However, most patients ended up falling to their deaths, their bodies crushed to pieces.

Xu Sanliang staggered towards the Qingfeng Hall; compared to the severely damaged Black Stone Hall, the Qingfeng Hall on the periphery should be better.

Looking at the surrounding chaotic scene and the rotting limbs and broken pieces of corpses in the courtyard, a strong sense of despair arose in his heart.

"Forbidden... forbidden..."

Xu Shiwang's mad voice entered his ears, and Xu Sanliang immediately came back to his senses.

He subconsciously took a few steps towards the source of the sound, and as a result, a chill rushed towards him, and the distracting thoughts in his heart disappeared immediately.

In his astonishment, Xu Sanliang actually discovered that it was Wang Shanlu himself.

"How is that possible..."

Because Ren Qing didn't hide his aura, the Motie Swordplay of the Half-Corpse Realm was fully exposed, mixed with the body refinement of the other two Wuren Realms.

Xu Sanliang never imagined that Ren Qing would reach the level of ordinary people's decades of cultivation in just a few days, and stood there at a loss.

With a slight thought, he suddenly realized that the stench he had smelled on Ren Qing before seemed to be the same as the smell of Nanfeng's corpse.

"It seems that Nanfeng should have been killed silently by Shanlu."

Xu Sanliang couldn't help but show a wry smile; Nanfeng could be killed directly with a punch, so how exaggerated was Wang Shanlu's strength?

"Attain immortality!!!"

"Attain immortality!!!!!"

The revelry of the thugs continued, and the patients spread out in groups, obviously more than a dozen people went to the Black Stone Hall.

Xu Sanliang quickly walked towards Ren Qing, intending to protect the latter's cultivation.

If he guessed correctly, Ren Qing should be at the critical point of breaking through the realm, and he couldn't let those lunatics come to disturb him.

Bang... bang... bang... bang...

A heavy heartbeat sounded.

Ren Qing's body exuded a substantial aura, and black and gray smoke continuously drifted and gathered, appearing extremely terrifying.

Xu Sanliang already felt something was wrong; how could the approaching patients feel fear, but instead seemed like fireflies attracted by light, with hundreds of people swarming towards the Black Stone Hall.

Seeing this, Xu Sanliang sprayed thick air currents from his arms, and the patients not far away crawled quickly on all fours, appearing like a group of demons dancing wildly.

Although most of the patients were transformed from mortals, the hysterical aura was real, and it could easily cause his disease to lose control.

After the mortals were absorbed by the Longevity Immortal statue, if the nutrition was still not enough for the fruit to mature, the immortals would definitely attack the body-refining cultivators.

That would be called chaos, and all the cultivators would be willing to kill each other for the sake of survival.

Xu Sanliang was already prepared to die; it was better than falling into the hands of the immortals, and he didn't want to try to survive.

"Attaining immortality, is this how true cultivation in the world is like?"

He sighed helplessly, exerted force from his legs and rushed into the crowd, and with a wave of his hand, several wind blades flew out, cutting several patients in half at the waist.

But the patients not only did not hesitate because of facing death, but became even more determined to die, with "attaining immortality" on their lips.

With the increase in patient deaths and injuries, the three Changsheng species at the top of the Longevity Immortal statue lowered their heads and said in a deafening voice.

"The Immortal Path is impermanent."

"The God of Fortune is dead."

"The God of Prosperity is dead."

"The God of Longevity should stand!!!"

The actions of the Changsheng species were obviously accelerating the growth of the Longevity Immortal statue.

The patients immediately lay on the ground, swallowing the corpses of their dead companions whole, with blood and flesh residue in their mouths.

Xu Sanliang couldn't help but feel despair; he even had the urge to join them.

He staggered out of the encirclement, barely came to a relatively open area, and then lay flat on the ground without strength.

Xu Sanliang sadly discovered that the patients he killed were just pawns of the immortals, and could not affect the situation at all.

With Xu Shiwang's screams, the Black Stone Hall invisibly had a different kind of desolation.

The roots of the Longevity Immortal statue entangled the patient cultivators whose diseases were mature enough, and soon there were hundreds of skinny corpses.

The body-refining cultivators who were observing in secret showed expressions of rabbit dying and fox grieving.

A large bump swelled on the forehead of the Longevity Immortal statue, not like the previous breeding of strange objects, but faintly able to see a swimming human figure.

With the tacit approval of the Changsheng species, the statue continuously absorbed the patients of Weian Town, and corpses lay scattered in the corners of the streets.

Xu Sanliang held his breath; no one knew what the Longevity Immortal statue would eventually form.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly rolled up, the violent fluctuations emitted by You Yuan flashed by, and then returned to Ren Qing's body.

Ren Qing opened his eyes, only feeling that You Yuan had become extremely abundant.

At the bottom of his feet, there was a shadow of a long snake several meters long swimming, and then it disappeared into the shadow.

Information flow surged.

[Ren Qing]

[Lifespan: Thirty years and fifty-five days]

[Diseases: Gigantism Disease, Osteosclerosis Disease, Muscle Growth Disease, Insomnia Disease, Cancer Disease]

[Body Refinement: Motie Swordplay (Half-Corpse), Night Wander Swordplay (Wuren), Gigantic Force Palm (Wuren)]

After all, the Underworld Heavenly Insect Method was only derived from the Heavenly Dao Method, so the effect of prolonging life was naturally discounted; the original Foundation Establishment stage should have about forty years, but now it only has thirty years.

But for Ren Qing, thirty years of lifespan was enough for him to grow his wings, and besides, body refinement also had the effect of prolonging life.

He unhesitatingly consumed a hundred days to promote the Gigantic Force Palm to the Half-Corpse Realm.

Ren Qing's spine made a crisp sound; if it weren't for the suppression of the insect body, his body would probably grow taller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He looked at the Changsheng species out of the corner of his eye, then squatted beside Xu Sanliang.

The Changsheng species' expression was no different; even if they could feel the You Yuan emitted by Ren Qing, they still didn't take the other party seriously.

Ren Qing was immersed in the promotion of the realm, but he was still aware of the changes around him.

He heard the Changsheng species say that the Gods of Fortune and Prosperity were dead, and he couldn't help but feel doubts; what changes had occurred in the Changsheng Forbidden Zone?

Perhaps when the ancestor ascended, he completely suppressed the Gods of Fortune and Prosperity?

But why not simply suppress the God of Longevity as well, so that the Changsheng Forbidden Zone in later generations would not be so chaotic, and evolve into a peach garden for planting strange objects.

Ren Qing shook his head and forcibly suppressed distracting thoughts; there was no time to explore these things.

The hysterical aura could indeed be isolated by the Dream Seed magic weapon, but it was only a temporary solution; staying in Weian Town for a long time would definitely lead to madness.

Ren Qing tapped Xu Sanliang's forehead, using You Yuan to restore the latter's consciousness, but he was still on the verge of collapse.

"Where in Weian Town is the Chen Clan Martial Arts Training Hall that teaches body-tempering related body refinement?"

Xu Sanliang barely opened his eyes, pointed to the southwest, and then his mouth was full of nonsense, obviously the hysterical condition was not light.

Ren Qing rushed to the Chen Clan Martial Arts Training Hall, and soon found the diseased tree that recorded body refinement.

He successfully obtained the body refinement related to the Muscle Growth Disease, called "Golden Bell Body Tempering", and Ren Qing directly chose to promote it to the Half-Corpse Realm.

Gigantism, Muscle Growth, and Osteosclerosis, the three diseases complemented each other, drastically transforming his body, and his aura became more and more majestic.

Ren Qing looked at the information flow; promoting the Half-Corpse Realm to the Ghost Envoy Realm required ten years of lifespan, and it would probably be difficult to promote a single body refinement to the Yin Messenger Realm.

[Whether to promote the Gigantic Force Palm, which will consume ten years of lifespan]

After he confirmed, he endured the severe pain and looked at the information flow; as a result, the promotion to the Yin Messenger Realm became hundreds of years.

Although the Gigantic Force Palm restored five years of lifespan when it reached the Ghost Envoy Realm, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to what was required for the Yin Messenger Realm.