The Secret Way of Immortality

On the day Ren Qing was to meet with the Warden, the prolonged heat was suddenly swept away by coolness, and a drizzle began to fall.

Ren Qing left the yamen early in the morning, heading towards the south of the city.

He noticed that there were far fewer Bloodhound Gang members on the streets, with only those outside the brothels and casinos being specifically watched.

This showed that the Muddy Society's matter had secretly begun to ferment.

Although Ren Qing didn't know the specifics, the death of a Semi-Corpse realm cultivator without a clear cause, and the unknown whereabouts of the strange object, could not be explained away as an accident.

When the Wardens intervened in the investigation, gangs like the Bloodhound Gang tacitly chose to stop.

If gangs in Sanxiang City wanted to survive better, the first thing they couldn't afford to do was offend the Wardens.

Ren Qing slowly arrived in the south of the city, and the surrounding environment became much dirtier, with some homeless beggars lying on the streets.

Compared to other districts, the south of the city was even more of a mixed bag, with gangs of all sizes on almost every street.

These gangs did not involve spells, and their numbers ranged from a dozen to hundreds.

The Muddy Society was not really a gang in the south of the city; it was distributed in various districts and was said to like hiding in nooks and crannies.

Not long after Ren Qing entered the south of the city, he attracted the attention of others, causing some sneaky figures to follow him.

They were all sallow and emaciated, not approaching because they were afraid of the large saber behind Ren Qing, so they just sized him up with their eyes.

The sound of swallowing could be faintly heard.

Ren Qing had no pity at all, and a hint of killing intent brewed in his heart.

He knew that as long as he showed a little flaw, these hyenas would swarm him.

Ren Qing continued to go deeper into the south of the city.

The streets gradually became lively, with various stalls set up on both sides, and the prices were generally much cheaper than in other districts.

This should be related to the fact that the gangs collected less money.

Following the location indicated on the paper, Ren Qing walked to a suburban area near the city wall before barely finding a dilapidated wooden house.

When the local ruffians saw this, they scattered in a hurry, their eyes filled with fear.

Someone had come here a few days ago.

Rumor has it that they saw an extremely terrifying ghost and god at the time, were so frightened that they pissed their pants, and fell seriously ill after returning.

Ren Qing carefully checked the vicinity, but found no trace of the Warden.

He had to wait patiently for a long time, but not even a stray dog showed up.

Ren Qing simply opened the wooden door and stepped inside.

The wooden house was piled with a lot of debris, emitting a strange and pungent smell.

After Ren Qing advanced to the Ghost Envoy realm, his sense of smell also became more sensitive, and he even analyzed the source of the smell.

As a fireman, he would never mistake the stench of corpses.

Ren Qing's double pupils turned, and he quickly found a bone gnawed by rats in the corner, with some flesh still remaining on it.

He couldn't help but frown. Since the Warden had placed the meeting point here, there was absolutely no mistake, so could there be something else hidden?

Ren Qing pondered for a moment.

Every detail in the house was reflected in his mind, even the tiniest dust.

He quickly noticed something unusual. There was an inconspicuous difference in the gaps between the connected wooden boards, which should have been moved not long ago.

After Ren Qing stomped on it a few times, he immediately determined that there was a secret passage below.

After removing the debris, a large wooden board was revealed on the ground, connecting to a tunnel about half a meter in size.

The stone walls of the tunnel were covered with traces of gnawing by rodents.

In Ren Qing's opinion, it should have taken a long time to excavate to form such a scale, like thousands of rats chiseling bit by bit.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the Wardens to seal off the restricted area; bringing some cultivators who practiced the Rat Plague Art would easily hollow out the mountain.

There were probably similar caves in Sanxiang City.

However, the caves all extended towards the outside of the city, not towards the inside of the city, which showed that the Warden's Office was still aware of the situation.

The Wardens would never allow gangs to expand privately.

Ren Qing carefully crawled into the cave and closed the entrance again, and his eyes immediately went dark.

Because the space was too narrow, he had to crawl forward, but after walking for a distance, he was able to bend over.

Ren Qing originally thought that the air in this kind of underground tunnel would be abnormally turbid, but he didn't expect the ventilation to be very good, and he could even feel a slight breeze blowing from all directions.

After walking for half an hour, he suddenly heard a subtle sound in the distance.

He tried to lower his footsteps as much as possible, put his right hand on the large saber, and his legs showed slight signs of werewolf transformation.

The sound stopped abruptly, as if the other party also realized that someone was approaching.

Ren Qing cursed inwardly, could it be that he had mistaken the meeting place?

Wait, why does this scene seem familiar?

A black shadow rushed towards Ren Qing from the top of the stone wall, the speed was almost invisible to the naked eye, and it didn't make any sound.

In just an instant, the black shadow had stopped not far from him, and a long, narrow tongue shot out like an arrow from a bow.

The tongue brushed past Ren Qing.

Ren Qing said with a smile on his face, "It's been so long, Senior Huang, are you doing this again?"

"Brother Ren, I just need a cultivator who has mastered pupil techniques, so I recommended you."

Huang Ziwan jumped off the stone wall with a complicated expression.

If he hadn't seen it wrong, Ren Qing had an instinctive sideways movement when facing his attack.

And the entrance and exit of the cave were not easy to find. He thought that the other party would need to spend several hours, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

It hasn't been long since we last met, and his strength has increased so significantly...

Presumably, it won't be long before he can advance to the Ghost Envoy realm.

Ren Qing asked curiously, "How could the Muddy Society be attacked in its own home?"

Huang Ziwan casually took out a bottle of wine from his arms and took a sip, saying, "Let's talk as we walk, there's still some distance from the corpse."

He really didn't like staying in the cave, but the Rat Plague Art involved plague toxins, so he had to be sent here.

"The situation this time is a bit complicated. The death of the corpse was extremely strange, and the Warden's Office suspects that it involves a great deal."

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Ren Qing had already noticed the strangeness. As the two gradually approached the scene of the incident, opossum corpses could be seen everywhere in the cave.

The opossums all had the same human face, their eyes widened in surprise after death, and their bodies showed different degrees of anthropomorphism, and their teeth were dark green.

Seeing this, Huang Ziwan reminded, "The rat corpses here all contain plague toxins, and those below the Ghost Envoy realm will die if they touch them."

Ren Qing nodded, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

He had come into contact with cultivators of the Rat Plague Art. There was a price to pay for the opossum clone to turn into a human body, and it was absolutely impossible to continuously cast spells like this.

Moreover, for this kind of mutated route of the Rat Mother, the plague toxin shouldn't be so violent.

The two passed through the corner.

Ren Qing couldn't help but dilate his pupils.

Opossum corpses piled up like a mountain, and some of them had even completely transformed into human bodies, and they all looked exactly the same.

Hmph, who dares to say that the Auxiliary Stomach is useless?