The Secret Way of Immortality

The crescent moon hung high in the sky, its reflection mirrored on the waters of Wine Lake.

The world was pitch black, yet Dream City remained brightly lit, appearing exceptionally lively, with the faint sound of bustling noise audible from within.

With Dream City's continuous expansion, its area had exceeded ten times that of Three Rivers City, enough to accommodate millions of mortals.

Indeed, as Ren Qing had predicted, the town's prosperity knew no day or night.

Most of the shops kept their doors open at all times, with shop assistants from "Longevity Village" attending to customers.

The shop assistant held a teapot in his right hand, and as the pure yang palm of the High Fever disease type was activated, wisps of white smoke quickly emerged from the spout.

Body Cultivation had been promoted to all citizens, but some simply lacked the talent to make progress.

They usually went to Dream City in their sleep, finding a decent job to help with the family's daily expenses.

Because the flow of time in the Longevity Forbidden Zone was faster than the outside world, what was only a short decade or so outside had already been several decades inside.

Even children who had just entered the forbidden zone were now white-haired and old.

Even though some mortals broke through the limitations of lifespan through Body Cultivation, most still could not escape birth, aging, sickness, and death.

The Longevity Forbidden Zone, passed down through generations of mortals, had become "Longevity Village".

The streets bustled with activity, and several giant lizards hauled goods past.

Dream City's trade routes were not many, with roughly only a few: the white bone lands where zombies cultivated; the mountainous wilderness where demon clans gathered; Cishi Paradise by the Wine Sea...

There were also some smaller villages, all established by Variants.

The Variants were the population Ren Qing had exchanged for with Rebirth Pills back in the Corpse Forbidden Zone, and they were placed in various locations within his stomach world.

If they wanted to join the Night Watch, they had to go to Non-Action City by Wine Lake after adulthood to receive the inheritance of the Night Watcher Arts.

Not counting the population of Longevity Village, the number of Night Watch cultivators had already reached forty thousand.

After all, one could switch to cultivating as a zombie after death, resulting in the number of cultivators only increasing, and the Night Watch's strength was expanding at a visible rate.

Tang Sheng walked along the streets of the city's west side, where there were many temples and the population mainly consisted of Cishi people who believed in the Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha.

The Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha in the temples was slightly different, bearing five or six similarities to Ren Qing in appearance, and was also known as "Compassionate Buddha".

The Cishi people now completely denied the original Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha, even comparing him to a false Buddha, and everyone despised him immensely.

As Tang Sheng walked along, monks constantly greeted him with their palms together, showing the latter's prestige among the Cishi people.

He responded with a helpless expression, obviously encountering something troubling, while using a bird-type Weird Beast to contact Jade Blossom Perfected.

The Cishi people's position in the Night Watch belonged to a branch of the Foot Soldiers lineage, similar to the Cordyceps Sinensis Temple which specialized in Cordyceps Sinensis Arts.

Tang Sheng quickly passed through the bustling area and arrived at a deserted temple.

At least a dozen Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha temples were located here, but from the incense stands at the entrance, it could be seen that they had been unattended for a long time.

The Cishi people were also wary of the temples, deliberately stopping their steps when approaching.

Tang Sheng's movements were not small, but not a single monk appeared, and each temple seemed like a floating island on the sea.

They were filled with a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.

His expression became solemn, and he even instinctively maintained his own arts, causing his body, which was more than two meters tall, to tense up.

Relying on resources and hard work, Tang Sheng's main cultivation, the Vajra Body, had reached the second stage of Weird Transformation, and the two auxiliary cultivations had also reached the Ghost Envoy realm.

He stood at the alley entrance for a moment, and Jade Blossom Daoist descended on a flying sword.

"Relax a little..."

"I'm fine."

Jade Blossom Daoist wore a brocade Daoist robe, and the material of his flying sword was also extraordinary, and his cultivation faintly touched the Distraction Realm (Yang Divinity Realm).

In fact, he was only one opportunity away from breaking through to the Distraction Realm, and as for cultivation resources, he was even wealthier than Tang Sheng.

Since the Night Watch's affiliated forces were refined, each branch had someone in charge.

True Lord Taihan directly refused to take charge of a branch, using it to exchange for integration into the Night Watch, and finally Jade Blossom Daoist took charge of the Insect lineage.

The remaining forces, such as the Foot Soldiers lineage with the most cultivators, were managed by Ren Qing, with Li Tiangang sharing the responsibility.

The Fly lineage of the Non-Action Daoist Temple was managed by Green Pine, but Han Li had already entered seclusion to break through to the Underworld Official realm, and it was estimated that he would soon change hands.

The Cocoon lineage was managed by Sen Sheng, but the Cocoon People needed to be immersed in vitality to slow down aging, so their cultivation was slightly lower, still at the first stage of Weird Transformation.

The one in charge of the Corpse lineage was definitely the Corpse Ghoul who had recovered his Yang Divinity realm cultivation, but the Corpse Ghoul was mostly nowhere to be seen.

Li Yaoyang went into seclusion to break through to the Yang Divinity realm, and the Corpse Ghoul, as his disciple, naturally protected him throughout the process to avoid any unforeseen events.

The Demon lineage was the most special, after all, the various demons were vastly different, so they were managed separately, with Hu Wen as the person in charge.

Currently, the Night Watch had a certain amount of resource inclination towards the cultivators in charge of the branches, in order to allow the affiliated forces to circulate benignly as soon as possible.

"Let's go, Jade Blossom Perfected, there's likely to be another situation."

"It's been several years..."

Tang Sheng and the two walked side by side quickly, seemingly searching for something.

The closer they got to the remote temple, the more oppressive the atmosphere became, and they could even smell a pungent bloody smell.

Under normal circumstances, Dream City, as a manifestation of Ren Qing's arts, with the foundation of the Immortal Earth Toe Separation Art, could not have any instability.

But the temple's incidents were somewhat strange.

Since Ren Qing went into seclusion, various strange things began to appear in the temples of Dream City, and they were only concentrated at the time when the sky was just beginning to brighten.

At first, the monks heard the sound of heads hitting the ground, but later it gradually became serious, even accompanied by a bloody smell, which made people shudder.

Li Tiangang attached great importance to this and personally came to the temple to check the situation.

He suspected that Ren Qing was being eroded by Yin Qi during his seclusion, which led to signs of corpse transformation in his body and soul, indirectly affecting Dream City.

But after asking the Corpse Ghoul, the Corpse Ghoul could not find even half a wisp of Yin Qi.

Li Tiangang stayed up all night in the temple area for several days, but even a few Yang Divinity realm cultivators could not find out the specific truth, so he had to give up.

The sound of heads falling to the ground would still ring out in the temple every day, and the bloody smell became more and more intense, making the monks unable to practice their morning lessons with peace of mind.

Tang Sheng had no choice but to vacate the temple area, allowing the monks to go to the stomach of the forbidden corpse to conduct morning lessons and cultivation.

Now that the incident had been happening for more than a year, fortunately no one had been injured as a result.

Li Tiangang checked several times, but only felt illusions and auditory hallucinations, even if mortals lived in it for a long time, it would not have much impact.

Seeing this, Li Tiangang no longer wasted manpower, but only let Tang Sheng be responsible for the temple's alert.

With the complexity of Dream City, even if Great Dream Perfected came, I'm afraid they would not find any clues, it would be better to wait for Ren Qing to end his seclusion.

Tang Sheng did not dare to neglect, and had been paying attention to the anomalies in the temple.

The temple barely maintained its calm, but the sound of heads knocking on the ground became louder and louder, and the bloody smell was so strong that it was pungent.

The temple was like a tumor in Dream City, appearing out of place.

The reason why Tang Sheng was so flustered was because a monk had reportedly seen an indescribable strangeness yesterday morning.

There was an unnamable figure sitting cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue, whispering.

The monk listened carefully, and the voice seemed to be constantly chanting incomprehensible scriptures, the tone was neither happy nor sad, as if it did not carry emotions.

He turned around and ran away at the time, and only returned to the temple after contacting Tang Sheng.

But the figure had disappeared, and when he looked up, he saw a courtyard filled with sunshine, and under the reflection of the falling leaves, there was no trace of haze.

For Tang Sheng, the temple's incidents were too strange.

The anomalies that could appear under the eyes of the Yang Divinity realm could not find any source, but no matter how strange they were, no cultivator was injured.

After Tang Sheng told Li Tiangang through the bird-type Weird Beast, he and Jade Blossom Daoist found a corner to squat and prepare to wait for sunrise.

The two were silent, their eyes fixed on the outermost temple.

Yesterday, it was this one...

Bang!

"It's here!"

Tang Sheng had just wanted to get up, but was suppressed by Jade Blossom Daoist, who signaled him to wait a moment.

The sound of heads hitting the ground rang out one after another, followed by the unpleasant bloody smell, mixed with the whispers of chanting scriptures.

The two exchanged glances, and then slowly walked towards the temple.

The anomalies in the temple were not dangerous, otherwise it would not have caused even the slightest ripple in Dream City, where people were surging.

There was just a kind of invisible pressure.

They were like they were about to come into contact with an unknown existence, the speed of their heartbeats gradually increased, and their foreheads were covered with blue veins due to congestion.

Jade Blossom Daoist's cultivation was even better, so he stepped into the temple first.

Tang Sheng followed closely behind, he looked around the courtyard, there was only a withered mulberry tree, and a deliberately sealed well.

The two did not relax and walked towards the main hall where the statues were placed.

The main hall, illuminated by the moonlight, was completely different from the daytime, inexplicably gloomy and terrifying.

"What the hell?!"

Crack.

The blue brick under Tang Sheng's feet shattered, it was the confusion of his state of mind that caused him to lose control of his strength, and the pupils of his eyes were only the size of a needle.

Jade Blossom Perfected followed his gaze and couldn't help but gasp.

The statue of the Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha in the main hall was gone, and a figure was sitting on the altar, chanting scriptures of unknown meaning.

The figure was tall and had six arms, but no head, as if doing morning lessons, with a feeling of intertwined Buddhahood and demonic nature.

The bloody smell was emanating from the figure's neck, and so was the sound, as if speaking with exposed trachea.

"Seems to be esoteric Buddhist language?"

Tang Sheng listened for a few breaths and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Ten Body Spiritual Appearance, all complete at once?"

"What does it mean?"

"Not sure, it seems to say that the Buddha has ten bodies."

Tang Sheng's expression was puzzled, how did it feel like the figure was reminding them, but why would it appear in Dream City, which was transformed by Ren Qing's arts.

The two retreated from the main hall and then waited quietly.

After only a moment, Li Tiangang rushed to the temple, and after seeing the six-armed figure sitting cross-legged on the altar, his breathing became rapid.

"Song Zongwu?"

As soon as he said it, the figure suddenly disappeared like a phantom, and the statue of the Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha sat on the altar.

Tang Sheng and the two had heard of Song Zongwu's name, it was said that the latter was a Yang Divinity realm cultivator of the Night Watch, but they had never seen his real person.

Li Tiangang did not explain to them, turned around and summoned his subordinates to discuss.

The forbidden corpse had been in the canyon for five years, and the temple's incidents had an escalating process, if it wasn't because of Ren Qing, it was likely due to the outside world.

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