Holy Bone

Chapter 1635: Decapitation and Walking into the Underworld, and then Going to the Underworld

Jinan's best skills are corpse-driving and ghost-walking.

After all, the seventy-two transformations he practiced included the art of corpse-driving and the art of walking in the underworld.

It can be said that the appearance of this strange corpse greatly facilitated the progress of his subsequent investigation and gave him a major breakthrough in his search for the Gewu Immortal Cauldron.

"The martial arts immortal, the bearded foreigner with a bloated belly, must have eaten too much to death. If you cut open his stomach now, you might see a lot of human body parts and arms."

The Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue, who was the most experienced in dealing with human beings, floated above the strange corpse and gave a thorough analysis.

"It's come to this point and yet there's still no corpse transformation or resurrection. Wow." The old Taoist priest also joined in the fun and watched.

Jin An did not dissect the corpse's round belly on the spot. He pressed his palms on the belly a few times through the clothes, feeling the tightness in his stomach, and he already had some understanding in his mind.

"Old Taoist priest, go to the shop next door and buy a black coffin." Jin An stood up.

The old Taoist priest was surprised and asked: "Young brother, why don't you perform an autopsy?"

Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest in silence: "The dissection left a mess of blood, broken limbs and arms all over the backyard. Are you going to clean it up, old Taoist priest?"

"Then you, old Taoist priest, will fill a few sacks with these severed limbs and carry them to the Criminal Investigation Department to report the case?"

Old Taoist priest: “Ah this?”

Then he asked Jinan what he planned to do.

Jin An nodded slightly: "It just so happens that I know the art of driving corpses and walking in the underworld, which can help me find the source of this strange corpse. With the help of the corpse, I can find the ship that has become a ghost ship, and maybe even find the whereabouts of the Immortal Cauldron of Gewu."

"Everything started because of the Gewu Xianding. As long as we can find the whereabouts of the Gewu Xianding, we can solve the many mysteries of the cannibalism case more than ten years ago."

The old Taoist's eyes lit up: "First, the 'Searching for Things' technique was used to plant the corpse, and then the corpse-driving technique and the Yin-walking technique were used to track it. Each step is linked to the next, it's amazing."

"It's really incomparable between people! The longevity demons in our Bu Lao Mountain can only practice one of the seventy-two transformations to transcend tribulation in their entire lives, but you, the Martial Arts Immortal, have practiced so many transformations! This real person once suspected that you, the Martial Arts Immortal, were the reincarnation of some ancient powerful being, or that your soul was reborn in another body! Otherwise, it doesn't make sense why the gap is so big!" The Big Blue Ox muttered, and anyone could hear the sour envy in his words.

"It's not unfair that the Immortal Mountain was destroyed. Every person fighting against you, a martial arts immortal, is equivalent to fighting against a siege of 10 to 20 life demons."

The old Taoist priest stuck a talisman to the forehead of the big blue ox and said, "You are now a cow and horse of the Wuzang Taoist Temple. You have already abandoned the dark and joined the light, but you are still obsessed with the evil sect of Bulao Mountain."

The big blue ox sighed and said, "This Master just suddenly felt inspired."

Jin An then replied: "Do you want to know the reason? I can tell you the secret of cultivation."

The big blue bull's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?"

Jin An laughed happily and said, "Of course it's true. Since you, Zaoxu Zhenren, have come to my Five Internal Organs Taoist Temple to become my disciple, I will naturally give you some pointers on cultivation."

Then he directly said the secret: "'People with bad morals should use it with caution'. This sentence appears the most times in the 72 transformation formulas, and it almost runs through the whole text."

"So it is not difficult to understand why those longevity demons in the Immortal Mountain can only practice one way of transformation until they die. If you do less evil things and do more good deeds, you will naturally gain more support."

"Master Zaoxu, you should do more good deeds in the future and don't worry about your future. You will definitely become the most talented person among the longevity demons in Bu Lao Mountain." The big blue ox stared at the small one: "Is it that simple?"

Jin An glanced at the big blue ox and said, "Haven't you heard that the great way is simple? The simpler it is, the harder it is to persevere. Master Zaoxu, you should persist in doing good deeds for ten days or half a month to see if it is simple or not."

White air came out of the big blue ox's nostrils, its eyes were thoughtful, and it remained silent.

"The first good deed today is to help the old Taoist priest carry a black coffin over so that the corpse on the ground has a place to rest in peace." Jin An ordered.

The big blue bull exhaled in confusion, "He died of cannibalism. He is a murderer and cannibal. Besides, he is not a citizen of Kangding. You, the martial arts immortal, are too kind to him."

Jinan: "There is a saying that goes 'Do not let a good deed go unrewarded, no matter how small it is.'"

"There's a saying that goes 'Don't rush to make conclusions'. How do you know if he ate people voluntarily before the matter is thoroughly investigated?"

Then he drew inferences from one example and said, "See, this is what I mean. The simpler the task, the harder it is to persevere. Do you still want to practice more of the Seventy-Two Transformations?"

The big blue ox got angry when he heard this: "We practice the seventy-two transformations for the purpose of avoiding disasters and calamities. If we have to cultivate virtue first before practicing the seventy-two transformations to avoid disasters and calamities, then why bother practicing the seventy-two transformations? I will just stay in seclusion for hundreds of years without going out, and just concentrate on practicing, not being involved in the cause and effect of good and evil, and having a pure heart and few desires. Wouldn't it be more free and easy?"

Jinan: "People call this repaying a debt, and pilgrims call it paying off a vow. Heaven gave me this, but I have nothing to give back. There is no such thing as taking without giving."

The big blue ox cursed with its mouth, but its body was very honest and followed the old Taoist priest out to carry the coffin.

The market town where the Wuzang Taoist Temple is located is an avenue of incense and fire, where Taoist temples are lined up, as well as various shops selling fortune and longevity. The matter of buying a coffin was quickly settled, and the big blue ox returned carrying a black coffin on its back.

While the old Taoist priest was out buying a coffin, the fragments of the ship's hull scattered all over the backyard were swept away. Even the stench of rotting meat in the air was eliminated by Jin'an using the wind-borrowing technique, and the backyard returned to its Taoist quiet place.

When the old Taoist priest came back and looked at the changes in the backyard, he was naturally amazed again.

After placing the alien corpse into the coffin, regardless of whether the bearded foreign crew member could understand the Kangding language, the old Taoist priest treated everyone equally and chanted "Supreme Taiyi Du'e Tianzun" to rest the dead soul.

Then he turned to Xiang Jinan and asked, "Little brother, when you track down the source of the corpses and search for the ghost ship, are you going to use the corpse-driving technique? Or the Yin-walking technique?"

Jin An had already made up his mind, so he said without hesitation: "Firstly, the distance of the corpse-driving technique cannot be determined. We don't know how far the journey is and whether it is within the territory of Kangding. Secondly, the ghost ship is most likely still in the ocean, and it is difficult to control the corpse-driving into the sea... So we will use the Yin-walking technique to track the source of the corpse first. If the Yin-walking technique doesn't work, then use the corpse-driving technique."

Hearing that Jin'an was going to the underworld, the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue became anxious, and the thousand eyes on its body frantically winked at Jin'an: "Martial Dao Immortal, have you forgotten that we just offended a great demon from the underworld, and there is a great demon in the underworld chasing us everywhere in the underworld! If you go to the underworld now, aren't you afraid that the great demon from the underworld will track your breath, block you, peel off your skin and pull out your tendons, and use your corpse oil to light a sky lantern!"

Jin An chuckled and said, "I dare to go to the underworld at this time, so I must have a way to save my life."

The beheading technique he had just learned could cut off the spirit and energy hidden in the head without causing it to collapse. This trip to the Yin was a good opportunity for him to try out his newly learned beheading technique.

At that time, the essence, energy and spirit will be hidden in the head, the head will remain in the Taoist temple of the five internal organs in the world of the living, and the body will continue to walk in the Yin path.

He cut off his body's breath and hid in the world of the living. He didn't believe that the devil in the underworld could track his breath in the underworld.

This time he planned to use the beheading technique and the underworld technique to go to the underworld.