Cultivation of Immortals Starts from the Roots

Chapter 166 The Origin of Vitality
"jiji"

Stopping, the female corpse toad stared at the entrance of the hole in front of her, the dark yellow restraining shield suddenly appeared, her eyes kept flashing fiercely, but there was nothing she could do.

After circling a few times around the entrance of the cave, after confirming that the shield could not be broken in a short time, he roared a few times unwillingly, completely gave up the idea of ​​chasing and killing Xue Leng and the two, and swam back in the direction of Inoue...

Earthfire Mother Corpse Toad is not stupid either, knowing that a person who can set up such a strong defense restriction in an instant is definitely a big deal, and if he insists on chasing him, he may not be able to please him.

And it also knows that within the tenth floor is not a good place, even if these two people enter, they will never return.

Therefore, I chose to give up.

Within ten floors——

The space here is not too big, as far as the eye can see, it can be seen at a glance.

Xue Leng was completely stunned by everything in front of him the moment his eyes could see.

All this was not only a visual shock, but even his body began to melt the moment he appeared on the tenth floor.

Here, there is no magma, it is a world of fire poison.

And within the space of Huodu, there was this huge monster floating quietly, and three corpses with different dead states.

The heat is unbearable!
The heat of fire poison is a cruel pain that burns the soul.

In Xue Leng's mind, at this moment, this kind of consciousness is left.

He even felt that he was melting continuously, from the inside to the outside, at an extremely fast speed, and even the fierce thunder flame's defense, in front of this thick fire poison, was like paper paste, and it was melted away in an instant .

However, fortunately, Xue Leng's body is rather peculiar. When the flame shield was about to melt away, a scarlet pattern spontaneously sprouted from his body.

The blood spirit is constantly repairing his body, delaying the time for Xue Leng to be corroded by the fire poison, and when the fire poison touches the life force of this spirit, it is like encountering a nemesis, and rushes back. shrunk.

At the same time, just when Xue Leng's body couldn't hold on anymore, a stream of clear water flowed from head to bottom in an instant, spreading all over his body. After that, Xue Leng regained consciousness with a quick wit.

"Just now, I almost let the fire poison erode my sanity."

After Xue Leng woke up, he broke out in a cold sweat and turned his head. Xue Leng saw the Monk Ciwen standing beside him at first sight.

At this moment, there are black teeny runes flowing all over his body, and his body naturally emits a black mysterious light, blocking the fire poison coefficient from his body.

A look of astonishment flashed in Xue Leng's eyes, because he also sensed a kind of surging vitality from Monk Ciwen.

Although this shengji is in two different forms from the blood spirit channel on his body, in the final analysis, they both belong to the category of life essence.

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder this cipher monk can be resurrected from the dead, presumably it is also the mysterious runes condensed on his bald head that played a role.

While Xue Leng was surprised, the monk Ciwen on the opposite side looked at him kindly with a smile on his eyes.

"As expected, I was not mistaken. You also contain another form of life in your body."

"But unfortunately, its power... doesn't seem to be eternal..."

Monk Ciwen sighed with a little regret in his tone.

Xue Leng thought for a while, and then understood the meaning of the monk's words in the cipher text.

The bloody contract is just a different means of plundering life, and extending life for a thousand years is already its limit.

The blood spirit channel was drawn by stealing Tang Yan's blood essence, and it was just a kind of rune that he drew temporarily.

To put it bluntly, they are all the supernatural powers of the blood river map, the evil weapon of the earth evil spirit. Where did the eternity come from?
"but--"

Just as Xue Lengshang was thinking, Monk Ciwen suddenly changed the topic again, sighing:
"Actually, that's fine too. If you really have the power of eternal life, you will also be assimilated by the way of heaven, lose your freedom, and be trapped in this world forever.

Between gain and loss, which is more important, only you can slowly realize..."

Hearing this, Xue Leng was taken aback, but this time, he did not understand the meaning of the monk's words in the cipher text.

"Senior, could it be... the power of life in you is eternal?"

In the world of cultivating immortals, everything is respected by strength. After Xue Leng knew the true strength of Monk Miwen, he immediately changed his mind and called him senior.

Monk Ciwen was silent, and his facial expression seemed a little melancholy.

At the same time, staring quietly at the floating corpses in front of him, he seemed to be caught in painful memories for a moment.

Xue Leng's lips twitched a few times, and wisely, he didn't continue to ask questions, but shook his back lightly, and the scarlet blood wings behind him twisted, turned into a stream of blood, and retracted into his body.

"Boy, your supernatural powers are not bad, I'm afraid it took a lot of thought?"

When he came back to his senses, Monk Miwen happened to see the scene where Xue Leng took the blood wings into his body, his eyes lit up, showing a hint of admiration unabashedly.

"Senior, it's over-reputed. It's just a small technique of the blood path. It's not worth mentioning."

Seeing Xue Leng's slightly embarrassed expression, Monk Ciwen smiled, and immediately motioned Xue Leng to look forward.

After the cipher monk instructed, Xue Leng looked at it intently——

The huge monster could be vaguely identified as a huge monster from its shape.

The entire body of this beast is red, and every inch of its skin is wrapped under extremely thick scales. Under the erosion of the earth's core for thousands of years, it still has not been completely corroded.

Although this beast is dead, it still seeps out this fierce and ferocious aura. Standing in front of it, one will feel a very strong oppressive force in the heart, which makes people feel a sense of fear involuntarily. It can be deduced that this beast was definitely an existence of a fierce level during its lifetime.

And the three floating corpses were two men and one woman.

Although some of the corpses were incomplete, what puzzled Xue Leng was that none of their corpses had been corroded by the power of fire poison.

Xue Leng does not believe that their bodies have the ability to resist the burning of the fire, because he and Monk Miwen, two living beings, have to rely on their unique magical powers to maintain a foothold here.

These dead people, no matter how powerful they were during their lifetime, it is impossible for them to keep their corpses so intact for thousands of years after death.

unless--

A thought suddenly flashed in Xue Leng's mind, and he immediately looked carefully at the three corpses.

Seeing this, Xue Leng really found some clues.

Among the three corpses, the female corpse, which was as beautiful as a fairy in white lotus clothes, particularly attracted Xue Leng's attention, because a white halo was covering her body, and, as long as Under the coverage of this halo, all the fire and poison were blocked from the outside.

What surprised Xue Leng was that he actually sensed a familiar force on the female corpse.

"What a strong vitality!"

"Is she really dead?"

Xue Leng was already a little bit surprised at the moment, and his mouth was wide open. No matter how strong his nerves were, he couldn't stand such a series of accidents.

And what the monk in the encrypted text said next, not only verified his guess, but also made Xue Leng's heart twitch violently.

"That's right, Bai Ling's body also has a kind of life force, but like you, she is not the eternal source of vitality."

"Therefore, she also fell here during the battle with the Earth Shayan Horse in ancient times..."

"what?"

What Monk Ciwen said made Xue Leng couldn't believe his ears.

For thousands of years.

What kind of concept is this? The female corpse has been dead for such a long time, Xue Leng can accept it in his heart, but from the tone, the cipher monk and Bai Ling not only know each other, but also seem to be from the same period.

And this old monster who has lived for thousands of years is standing in front of him with a smile at this moment, making Xue Leng's brain almost stop thinking for a while.

The lifespan of a monk in the late Yuanying period is only a thousand or two hundred years, and it is only more than 2000 years for the Lord Huashenling to double.

"This cipher monk, is he a human or a ghost?"

Cultivating immortals is a process that goes against the sky, and the ultimate goal of cultivating immortals is to obtain a longer life while pursuing greater strength. Since they all lead to the same path, will there be a shortcut?

The cipher monk may be an exception.

Because, in the eyes of others, he almost broke the common sense recognized by the world of cultivating immortals, subverted the arduous road of cultivating immortals recognized by everyone, found a shortcut, and achieved the goal of longevity.

However, is eternity really that easy to obtain?
Behind the eternal life, what secrets are still hidden?

The answer, maybe only he knows...

However, for Xue Leng and many other people who don't know the mystery, having this kind of almost eternal life is an extremely huge temptation.

Seeing Xue Leng's expression full of surprise and envy, Monk Miwen smiled, walked up to Xue Leng and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him:

"Boy, although the vital element has many mysterious functions, I advise you as a person who has experienced it, don't chase and rely too much on this kind of power.

Under the law of heaven, there is no eternal road that goes against the sky. It has always been bumpy and bumpy, and those who pursue shortcuts have never had a good end since ancient times. "

Xue Leng turned his head and looked at Monk Miwen, his eyes were a little complicated, but he was extremely disdainful in his heart.

For an old thing that has lived for tens of thousands of years, saying such things is simply ridiculous!

From Monk Ciwen's words, one can clearly feel the meaning of the elders' earnest teaching to the younger generation, so that he will not take detours on the road of cultivating immortals in the future.

Maybe it's because they also have the source of vitality, so they cherish each other.

Or maybe it was because the monk Ciwen had feelings for a while. In short, Xue Leng felt that the monk Ciwen at this moment was probably unstable in his Taoism, and there were faint signs of becoming obsessed.

Nodding his head, Xue Leng clasped his fists slightly and performed the disciple salute to show that he was taught.

Monk Miwen stood where he was, accepting it calmly.

Having lived such a long time, even some old monsters in the transformation stage are just dolls in his eyes, let alone Xue Leng.

Looking back, Monk Miwen cast his eyes on the dead Bai Ling again, and a deep affection flashed in his eyes again.

Xue Leng naturally noticed the change in Monk Ciwen's expression. If this expression appeared on an ordinary person, Xue Leng wouldn't think it was a big deal, but such infatuated eyes were expressed on the face of a big and thick monk. Coming out made Xue Leng feel a little weird.

It seems that the world is so big, there are many strange things, monks are affectionate, teachers are loving, and it is not impossible for Wang Ba and Mung Dou to see each other.

Seems to be aware that Xue Leng's gaze is a bit weird, the monk Miwen thought for a while, and then understood the meaning contained in Xue Leng's gaze, he laughed and cursed:
"Stinky boy, I have a lot of ghost thoughts. I am a monk now, but it doesn't mean I was a monk before."

"Oh?"

Xue Leng coughed dryly twice, quietly waiting for Monk Ciwen's next words.

Fortunately, this time, Monk Miwen did not fall into memory, but turned to say:

"You must be thinking, why did I bring you here?"

"coming!"

Xue Leng had always been curious in his heart why Monk Ciwen brought him here, but he was very wise and did not take the initiative to ask, because he knew that Monk Ciwen would reveal the answer to him sooner or later.

Xue Leng said nothing.

Monk Ciwen smiled, and his eyes quickly scanned every corner within the ten floors. After thinking about it for a long time, he sighed and said slowly:

"At that time, the three of them, including me and Zijiu, and the skeleton we met in the Tongxin Well, a total of six people, set up an ambush here, trapping the ancient evil Shayanju who has been doing evil all the time. .”

"This battle was extremely tragic. Although we managed to kill the Earth Shayan Horse in the end, we also suffered two deaths and three injuries!"

"A total of six people, two dead and three injured, so why...?"

Xue Leng glanced at the three corpses in front of him, his face full of doubts.
"You want to ask why I am the only one left alive?"

The cipher monk became an old man, and explained the question Xue Leng wanted to ask in one sentence
Xue Leng nodded, and seemed to think of a certain possibility in his heart.

Monk Miwen sighed.

"We underestimated it"

"The Earth Fiend Flame Horse possesses a terrifying true spirit power - the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Flame.

Anyone who has been burned by this kind of flame, even if he did not die at the time, will sooner or later become insane and burn his heart to death.

And even at the last moment, the victim will lose his sanity and completely lose control. He will kill anyone he sees, regardless of whether he is the enemy or friend. "

"so…"

"You killed them?"

Xue Leng frowned and asked.

Monk Miwen's eyes darkened, and said:
"Not all, Bai Ling and Guimu didn't listen to my dissuasion, and left by themselves."

"And Zijiu was killed by me after her sanity collapsed, but she didn't expect that her body would undergo a corpse transformation under the influence of the fire poison, and evolve into a queen of the earth fire toad..."

During the conversation, Monk Miwen stared affectionately at the body of the woman in white, with a strong sense of reluctance on his face.

1 years of longing...

At this moment, Xue Leng instantly recalled the situation at that time in his mind.

The brutality of the battle scene, the resoluteness of Bai Lingbing when he was released, and the pain and helplessness when Monk Ciwen killed her...

(End of this chapter)