The Secret Way of Immortality

Si Mountain Town sees countless people coming and going, but on the surface, it still maintains its daily life.

Ren Qing pushed the Heavenly Demon Tribulation to its limit. After his presence disappeared, his figure completely blended into the thriving town.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to vaguely grasp something.

The six gathering places of mortals are likely to involve a higher level of existence, which is why this world is in such chaos.

Ren Qing wanted to figure out what Si Mountain Town meant.

He strolled around the town, shuttling through the streets and alleys, observing the severely alienated people. He discovered that the stronger the aura emitted, the longer the exposed spine on their backs.

There must be some kind of meaning hidden within.

Ren Qing was not in a hurry to find the answer. Since the current situation outside has lasted for nearly a thousand years, the possibility of a drastic change in a short period of time is not high.

Moreover, where have those large and small forces that once chose to remain stagnant gone?

Ren Qing could only release a large number of informants to search for clues while observing this strange Si Mountain Town, trying to find a breakthrough.

He noticed that the flow of people in and out of the town was not small. There were several waves every day, but they were all mortals who seemed to be merchants or escorts.

Regardless of the reason for leaving the town, they would not leave the range of fifty miles.

Once the distance was too far, mortals would inexplicably go mad, and then carry out a blood sacrifice to intensify their alienation.

After completing the blood sacrifice, their memories would change, completely forgetting the reason for leaving the town, and then they would return to the town with natural expressions.

Ren Qing stood in the center of the bustling street, releasing severed limb dragons one after another.

The Ancestral Vein had reached the Earth Immortal realm, and his control over spells had become meticulous. The severed limb dragons were no longer limited to flood dragons and snakes.

Ren Qing spread out his palm, and a layer of dead skin on the surface gradually peeled off.

The dead skin transformed into mosquitoes, flying in all directions inside and outside the town. Their abdomens still contained a few drops of dragon blood, which could transform other living beings into Ren Qing's dragon blood descendants at any time.

Even if the mosquitoes died, they would be resurrected by the Yin energy of Fengdu in a short time.

The dragon blood mosquitoes were not puppets formed by spells. They had the ability to reproduce and multiply, and at the same time, they did not possess any cultivation.

Ren Qing was not worried at all that the dragon blood mosquitoes would be noticed by others, because the dragon blood mosquitoes were no different from ordinary insects.

A burst of noise came from the town gate, immediately attracting Ren Qing's attention.

Ren Qing turned his head and stared at this scene with a complicated expression.

He saw Cui Tian and others walking into Si Mountain Town in a disheveled state. The surrounding passersby cast doubtful glances, curious about what they had experienced.

Voices were discussing, obviously affecting the operation of the town.

But the noise quickly came to an abrupt end.

The escort team had a dozen or so people. In the previous moment, they were still walking side by side towards the yamen, seemingly planning to inform the yamen runners of the news of the appearance of the head ghost as soon as possible.

But in the next moment, they were like strangers, each going their own way.

Cui Tian headed towards the escort agency. As soon as he crossed half the street, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes disappeared, his skin became more delicate, and his clothes were also changing.

The middle-aged vendor was stunned for a moment, and then took the goods on Cui Tian's shoulder, opened them, and placed them on the stall.

Under Ren Qing's gaze, Cui Tian's image changed from a scruffy middle-aged man to a beautiful young woman of about twenty-eight years old.

Cui Tian blended into the crowd without any sense of disharmony, and even started chatting with a female relative, looking as if they were very familiar.

It's a bit like Ren Qing's supernatural power "Walking the World."

But Ren Qing's ability can erase Cui Tian from this world, and he, the bystander, will not even have any memory of it. The situation in Si Mountain Town is probably the result of intervention by immortals and gods.

The rest of the escort team were in a similar situation. They were like drops of water entering the sea, unable to cause any waves.

The system of Si Mountain Town is completely chaotic.

Ren Qing compared Si Mountain Town to Peach Blossom Spring. The two places have something in common.

Everything in Si Mountain Town is based on confining mortals within the town, allowing alienation to continuously affect their bodies and souls.

Perhaps after the bodies and souls of mortals have been alienated to a certain extent, the goal will be naturally achieved.

Ren Qing did not act rashly, following the rules of Si Mountain Town and transforming into an ordinary resident.

The mortals in Si Mountain Town are immortal, and time seems to stand still here.

Ren Qing lived for several months in a row, still repeating endlessly, either carrying goods between shops, or hawking water powder and rouge, and sometimes even begging on the streets.

It took him half a year to find the secrets of Si Mountain Town.

Ren Qing's consciousness came to the Treasure Pavilion in his stomach world, drawing unrelated lines on the wall, seemingly forming a sketch of Si Mountain Town.

When the lines were completely formed, he stared blankly at the sketch, speechless.

"It's really a formation..."

Ren Qing gasped. It was the first time he had seen a formation arranged by mortals.

Under normal circumstances, arranging a formation requires precise calculations, and then according to various factors such as terrain, environment, and climate.

Take the Eight Desolations Locking Immortal Formation as an example.

To seal a Heavenly Aberrant realm, the number of magic weapons used is at least tens of thousands, not to mention the refiners drawing moon patterns day and night.

As for the Si Mountain Town formation, there is nothing special about it. There are no magic weapons or spiritual materials used to maintain the formation.

Although the people exude an extraordinary aura, their strength level is that of mortals.

Ren Qing had never thought before that combining ordinary things together could form an effect similar to a formation, allowing mortals to become part of the formation in Si Mountain Town.

He had previously thought that Peach Blossom Spring and Si Mountain Town were at least secretly manipulated by immortals and gods.

Now it seems that if it were really the Three Dao Ancestors, Ren Qing would never be able to easily see through the reality of the formation. There is someone else behind the scenes.

Ren Qing looked at the bustling casino.

The gamblers in the casino are far more alienated than ordinary people. Obviously, the casinos in Si Mountain Town are the core of the formation.

Several strong men stood in front of the door, and gamblers would be thrown out from time to time.

The gamblers were living in a drunken dream, their spirits were somewhat abnormal, their lower bodies were almost replaced by tentacles, and their spines were exposed for several meters.

After Ren Qing entered the casino, he casually found a corner to stay in, and watched the comings and goings in the casino from a bystander's perspective.

"Pai Gow!!!"

"Big Six!"

"I won, I won, give me the money."

"My luck is really bad. I haven't won for a while even after playing dozens of hands."

"Hahahaha."

The gamblers' emotions continued to swell under the stimulation of desire, and strange and bizarre bubbles grew on the surface of their skin.

Their alienation was intensifying, and more and more tentacles grew on their backs.

"Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning..."

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

The cultivator behind Si Mountain Town is definitely not the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning, but the purpose is definitely related to the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning. The situation is a bit tricky.

Ren Qing sighed, temporarily unable to forcibly break the formation.

He plans to figure out the reality of the formation first, and find an opportunity to break it from within, or even reverse the effect of the formation's alienation of the body and soul.

Ren Qing seemed to be lost in thought, but in fact, the sick tree in his Niwan Palace had countless fungal souls analyzing the formation of Si Mountain Town on its branches.

In his eyes, everything around him seemed to be magnified countless times.

The gamblers shouted and threw dice, gambling wildly all night, but in Ren Qing's view, it was only a few breaths of time in the outside world.

In such a high-frequency state of thinking, years passed in the blink of an eye.

Ren Qing has an understanding of moon patterns, and it is still relatively easy to comprehend the Si Mountain Town formation, but he noticed that the changes in the formation have not stopped.

The most amazing thing about the Si Mountain Town formation is that with the actions of the residents, it will invisibly drive the formation to produce mysteries.

The number of casinos in the city has been increasing, and occasionally a few have closed.

As a result, the formation is in an unfixed state like the moon pattern, and the difficulty of studying the reason is conceivable.

It took Ren Qing a full fifteen years to barely touch the clues of the formation.

This made him even more curious about who the cultivator who arranged the formation was. It didn't seem like something an ordinary immortal or god could do.

But as for a Corpse Severance Immortal, Ren Qing felt that with the strength of a Corpse Severance Immortal, there was no need to spend so much effort to achieve the effect of the Si Mountain Town formation.

Moreover, the Three Dao Ancestors should not have descended into the world yet, and the Corpse Severance Immortal is already invincible.

"Guest, why not try your luck?"

Ren Qing's thoughts were interrupted. He turned his head and saw a skinny man in front of him, smoking a dry tobacco pipe and smiling as he greeted him.

"No, thank you."

Ren Qing waved his hand to refuse. Before the man could say a few more words, his figure disappeared.

"Strange thing."

The man muttered to himself a few times, and then plunged back into the casino's work.

The reason why Ren Qing was discovered was not that the Heavenly Demon Tribulation had failed, but that after his understanding of the formation had advanced further, he naturally integrated into Si Mountain Town.

The Heavenly Demon Tribulation is still at the Earth Immortal level, but the spell is becoming more and more easy to use.

Everyone on the street felt that Ren Qing was familiar, as if he had quietly appeared in their memories, and they couldn't help but feel any suspicion.

Ren Qing closed his eyes and digested his understanding of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, and couldn't help but come to the northwest corner of the town.

The buildings in the northwest corner are obviously sparse, and there are not many casinos, so there are some uninhabited dilapidated houses and open spaces.

If Ren Qing expected correctly, the northwest corner is the weak point of the Si Mountain Town formation.

If Ren Qing wants to break the formation, he can completely start from the northwest corner, guide the mortals to migrate to other urban areas, and make Si Mountain Town chaotic.

But he is still observing for the time being, at least to figure out the meaning of the formation.

Multiple eyes appeared on Ren Qing's forehead, and the buildings in the northwest corner were constantly outlined in his mind in the form of lines.

After hesitating for a moment, he opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of building materials from his stomach world.

The building materials were pieced together on their own, and in a short period of time, they turned into an ordinary casino, with no sense of incongruity.

Ren Qing walked into the casino and randomly selected a few zombie cultivators from his stomach world, projecting them into the casino to be responsible for reception.

Little San'er also appeared behind the counter. His cultivation has reached the Yang God realm, but he has almost given up the possibility of being promoted to the Heavenly Aberrant realm.

He looks old, but his energy is very good.

"Little..."

Ren Qing shook his head with a wry smile. Little San'er has probably been over a thousand years old, counting the days in the stomach world. It is indeed a bit inappropriate to call him by his nickname.

"Zuo San, what do you think?"

Zhou Zuo San did not respond, his attention was completely attracted by Si Mountain Town itself.

He has been immersed in refining for thousands of years, and his understanding of moon patterns has surpassed Ren Qing. He glanced at it and discovered the mysteries of the formation.

"Senior Ren, this...this...is really incredible."

Zhou Zuo San excitedly wanted to express himself, but his mouth was uncontrollably talking nonsense.

He has been innovating formations in recent years, and the Eight Desolations Locking Immortal Formation has also been improved many times, but he is still encountering invisible bottlenecks.

Zhou Zuo San originally thought that he would not be able to see more possibilities for formations in his lifetime, but he did not expect to fulfill his wish of hundreds of years now.

Ren Qing curiously asked: "What did you see?"

At this time, the casino has opened, and suddenly people are pouring into the store. The zombie shop assistant is busy greeting them to take their seats.

"I can't see clearly now."

Zhou Zuo San shook his head. Seeing the leopard through the tube is still too one-sided. He is afraid that the views he says are wrong and affect Ren Qing's cognition.

Ren Qing pointed at the center of Zhou Zuo San's eyebrows, pouring the information he had discovered during this period into his mind.

Zhou Zuo San became more and more shocked, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, and his three souls and seven spirits showed a tendency to collapse at the same time.

Ren Qing was startled and quickly shielded the information, helping Zhou Zuo San stabilize his soul.

Zhou Zuo San gasped for breath, sitting on the recliner behind the counter. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and his Taoist robe was already soaked with sweat.

Ren Qing said with a slightly apologetic expression: "I didn't expect an accident to happen. The information contained in the Si Mountain Town formation may be too complicated."

"It's okay, I just...I just saw a trace of a clue from the formation."

Zhou Zuo San hurriedly asked: "Senior Ren, the core of the formation seems to be connected to a certain existence, is it...the Heavenly Dao?"

Ren Qing did not answer directly, and the two discussed the issue.

He realized that Zhou Zuo San's views were obviously similar to his own.

Cui Tian and others went outside the city to perform blood sacrifice rituals, which is likely to increase the connection with the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning, so that the formation can operate safely.

In a sense, blood sacrifice is the key to maintaining the formation.

"Senior Ren, this kind of formation cannot be arranged by mortals. It is too complicated and has uncontrollable variables."

Ren Qing added in a strange tone: "Immortals and gods are impossible too."

Even if he has countless fungal souls, to maintain Si Mountain Town with millions of people and allow the people to act within the scope of the formation, it is estimated that the Heavenly Demon Tribulation must cooperate with the Toe Separation Technique.

But there is no aura of immortal status in Si Mountain Town.

Theoretically, the cultivator who arranged the formation must stay within the scope of Si Mountain Town. With Ren Qing's spells, it is impossible not to notice it.

"Senior Ren, could it be done by the forces that were once left in the outside world?"

Ren Qing pondered for a few breaths, and his consciousness swept across the informants in various places.

He hesitated and replied: "It shouldn't be. Those forces are likely to have been destroyed, after all, no one can survive the war between immortals and Buddhas..."

"Wait."

Ren Qing interrupted his words, and a trace of imperceptible surprise appeared on his expression. Bai Gu, who was far away at the junction of the north and south, seemed to have noticed an unusual clue.

"Ascension?"

"Brain in a vat?"

"Outer Heavens?"

"Zhou Zuo San, whether you believe it or not, this world is crazy."

A bit of writer's block.