The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 233: Ruthless Acting
There are all kinds of crystal leaves on the ancient trees, each one is different, but lifelike, as if each leaf represents a small world and a different avenue.

As everyone approached, the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree began to sway gently, rustling like a gentle breeze.

"There are a total of one hundred and eight leaves." Pangbo counted them carefully and said excitedly.

There are so many ancient tea leaves for enlightenment, each of which contains unique and precious Taoist charm, which makes everyone feel intoxicated.

"Don't!" Liu Shan quickly stopped Pang Bo.

When the Wudao Ancient Tea leaves are ripe, they will automatically fall and fly out of the Immortal Mountain. However, if they are not ripe, and you use divine power to pick them, they will directly dissipate and return to the tree again.

"It's the same as the ginseng fruit." Pangbo muttered softly.

"Then is there any way?" Ye Fan was very excited when he saw the ancient tea leaves on the tree. It was too painful not to be able to pick the treasure he had obtained.

"The legendary elixir of immortality can temporarily absorb these ancient tea leaves of enlightenment. Your Bodhi seeds should be useful for it." After saying that, Liu Shan took out the Qilin elixir seeds and the incomplete human-shaped elixir of immortality that he had collected for a long time.

As for the True Dragon Immortality Elixir, it has spirituality and Liu Shan dare not let it out. If it runs away in the Immortal Mountain, no one dares to chase it.

Because of Liu Shan's reminder, Ye Fan took out the Bodhi seeds and began to approach the ancient tree in front carefully.

"Swish"

With a flash of light, a strange leaf like a cloud fell down instantly. Ye Fan quickly used his magical power to pull it, and the Bodhi seed easily absorbed the piece of tea.

"It works!" Liu Shan and Ye Fan began to pick various strange enlightenment teas.

"What a great opportunity!" Everyone was smiling.

Although more than a hundred leaves of the Wudao Ancient Tea mature every year, only dozens of them fly to the Immortal Mountain. These leaves will only be shared by the major saints in the Eastern Wilderness, and ordinary cultivators cannot get them at all.

Finally, all the ancient tea leaves on the tree were picked. After sharing, everyone prepared to practice under the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree.

The sound of bells rang out slowly, and the shadows of Emperor Wu Shi and Emperor Hen Ren appeared together.

"The two great emperors are competing across the long river of time."

In front of the ancient tea tree of enlightenment, the ruthless emperor stood in the black hole and began to slowly carve words in the void, with the breath of the Tao filling the air.

Everyone held their breath and stared at the void.

The ancient tea tree of Wudao is swaying, the whole tree is shining, and it resonates with those ancient characters.

Various strange little worlds appeared one after another, and the strange light of the ancient tea tree of enlightenment emanated, gradually falling on Liu Shan's body. The ancient tree heart on his chest also emitted a dazzling divine glow.

Two identical rays of light intertwined, and at this moment Liu Shan fell into a wonderful state, as if the ruthless emperor hundreds of thousands of years ago was personally demonstrating to him the mysteries of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art and the Immortal Heaven Art.

The ruthless emperor gradually disappeared, and Liu Shan slowly woke up.

The Great Emperor Wu Shi came with a huge bell on his head, emitting a chaotic aura, as if he had merged into one with the heaven and earth. He also carved traces of the Tao in the void.

The aura of the Great Dao still permeates, and everyone can still feel the mark of the Great Dao.

However, Liu Shan could not feel the feeling of the emperor personally performing the magic, and felt a little disappointed. Before, it was the resonance between the Enlightenment Tree Heart and the Enlightenment Ancient Tree that interpreted the Taoist rhyme of the Nine-Character Imperial Scripture carved by the Henren Emperor.

And Liu Shan just happened to major in the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art, which allowed him to directly comprehend the great way of evolution of the Henren Emperor. However, he did not know the Wushi Sutra of the Wushi Emperor, so even with the Wushi Dao Mark in front of him, he could not directly comprehend it.

Although I feel a little disappointed, it is already a blessing from heaven to be able to have the ruthless emperor perform in person, and I can't ask for more.

Everyone began to sit cross-legged under the ancient Wudao tea tree, holding tea leaves in their mouths, and began to concentrate on practicing. Meditating here for two hours is equivalent to a whole month of hard practice outside. This opportunity is rare.

"Come on, you can leave now."

After practicing for half a day, everyone gained something, but they had to leave this precious land. After all, this was the restricted area of ​​Immortal Mountain and was full of dangers.

"Ugh."

Pang Bo was very reluctant to give up. Holding the ancient tea leaves for enlightenment in his mouth could speed up his enlightenment. Coupled with the enlightenment bonus from the ancient tea tree, this speed of cultivation was really addictive.

Little Nannan rode on the dragon horse and continued to give directions in her clear childish voice.

Following the golden patterns indicated by Xiao Nannan, everyone continued to move towards the depths of the Immortal Mountain, being extremely cautious.

"Rumble..."

Gradually, the roar of a river was heard from the front. Everyone was a little surprised and moved towards the sound. There was a huge black river rushing, endless and deep, as if there was not a trace of life.

The surging waves were like a roaring dragon that was about to take off at any moment, making everyone watching feel a little uneasy.

"The Styx, the Yellow Spring!"

Next to the black river, there is a spring pool, in which flows a yellow liquid that looks like corpse water.

The terrain of the legendary underworld was actually seen here, and everyone was a little scared.

"Elixir of Immortality!"

"Look!"

A black magical herb gradually emerged from the underworld, with an intoxicating fragrance that made everyone unable to extricate themselves from it.

It floats up and down in the underworld, with the aura of the great way, and its entire body is dotted with crystals, like black jade.

Smelling its fragrance, I feel like I have received a holy baptism, and my whole body feels refreshed and as if I am ascending to heaven.

"Mature immortal medicine!" Pang Bo and Ye Fan said excitedly. "No, this is the legendary nether grass!" The divine silkworm princess looked very solemn.

"This is not an elixir of immortality, but an alternative evil herb that grows in the underworld!" Jiang Taixu also explained.

"This is a terrible demonic plant. Although eating it can make your spirit immortal, it will turn your body into a rotten corpse. Although it has some properties of a miracle drug, it also has terrible side effects!" Jiang Taixu looked very serious. Once this evil herb was accidentally eaten, there would be no possibility of transforming the body back!
After hearing Jiang Taixu's words, everyone's expressions immediately turned frightened. A living rotting corpse was a different kind of torture.

"What if it was a corpse cultivator who obtained the Netherworld Grass?" Liu Shan asked thoughtfully.

After hearing Liu Shan's words, Jiang Taixu was a little surprised. He had never thought about this question.

"Corpse cultivators are corpses themselves, so they seem to be able to ignore this side effect!" Jiang Taixu pondered for a while and said uncertainly.

"Does everyone want this Netherworld Grass?" Liu Shan looked at everyone.

Everyone shook their heads. They couldn't even hide from this evil grass, so how could they be greedy and want it?

"Then I won't be polite!" Liu Shan planned to step forward and take away the Nether Grass from the Yellow Spring.

"Brother Liu, are you planning to...?" The Holy Prince stopped Liu Shan. This evil grass was too strange, and he didn't want Liu Shan to pick it.

"Don't worry, I won't take it myself! I have subdued a few subordinates, and there happen to be two corpse cultivators among them! Giving this Netherworld Grass to them will make the best use of it."

After hearing Liu Shan's explanation, the Holy Prince felt relieved. He was afraid that Liu Shan accepted the Nether Grass to keep it as a trump card for his own use in the future.

After picking the Nether Grass, everyone set off again, bypassing the dangerous place of the Styx.

The trees ahead gradually became sparse, and the group had come to a large area of ​​barren rocky cliffs. There were black rocks everywhere, which looked very strange. There were also several man-made caves in the front, but they were all weathered and dilapidated, covered with traces of time.

"Finally found it!" Liu Shan was a little excited.

The crowd approached an ancient cave, at the entrance of which lay a crystal skeleton, like jade, with a mysterious luster flowing.

"Ancient Saint!" Jiang Taixu said solemnly. He never expected that an ancient saint would die here silently.

After hearing Jiang Taixu's words, everyone was a little frightened. Even a saint died here, so was there a terrible crisis hidden here?

"Don't worry. Generally, the strong men who break into the Immortal Mountain do so to extend their lives! When it is difficult to find elixirs to extend life in the outside world, there will be strong men who risk their lives to break into the Immortal Mountain and seek for the miracle that may exist."

"However, most of them will fall directly into the Immortal Mountain."

After hearing Jiang Taixu's explanation, everyone felt relieved. If even the ancient saint died here, even if Jiang Taixu and the Princess of the Divine Silkworm joined forces, they might not be able to protect everyone.

"The skeleton of this ancient corpse is intact, and there is still the flow of Taoism. It should be that he died of old age."

Liu Shan walked forward carefully and turned over the jade skeleton. Sure enough, there was a golden token and an ancient scroll under the corpse.

"It hasn't been damaged for so many years, it must be a good thing." Pangbo said excitedly.

Seeing that Liu Shan was just staring at the token without moving, the Holy Prince became curious and wanted to pick up the token and hand it to Liu Shan.

"when"

But when the Holy Prince just grabbed the token, golden divine light began to emanate from the token, shining brightly, but it was also filled with endless murderous intent and was icy cold. Even the Holy Prince could not grab it easily if he was not careful for a moment.

The Holy Prince was a little out of control. He didn't expect that due to his carelessness, he actually failed to catch a token.

Divine light surged around his body, and golden light flowed in the hands of the Holy Prince as he grabbed the token again.

Looking at the palm-sized token, there was not much decoration, but only one ancient word engraved on it: Kill!

Endless murderous intent emanated from the cave, and the entire ancient cave seemed to have turned into an ice cave.

"What is this thing? Why does it feel more terrifying than a peerless murder weapon?"

Looking at the token in the Saint Prince's hand, Pang Bo asked in disbelief. This thing is too murderous, as if it was condensed from an endless battlefield, revealing a terrifying murderous aura.

"This is the identity token of the Heavenly Court back then!"

"And this is the record of the secret killing technique used by the Heavenly Court back then!" Liu Shan also took out the ancient scroll under the skeleton.

Gently touching this ancient scroll which still has a lustrous glow, there is actually a special sense of warmth.

Pang Bo was somewhat curious about the Heavenly Court's secret killing technique and wanted to get closer to take a look. Feeling Pang Bo's movements, Liu Shan smiled inexplicably and handed it over directly.

Pangbo took the ancient scroll carefully, wanting to see clearly the small words engraved on it.

"What is this ancient scroll made of and why does it feel so special?" Pangbo asked curiously.

"Is it as smooth and soft as the human body?" Liu Shan added.

"Yes." Pangbo answered subconsciously.

"what!"

Pang Bo shouted instantly and threw the ancient scroll in his hand to Liu Shan.

Then he stared at the ancient scroll in his hand in amazement, his eyes full of horror.

Pangbo's action instantly frightened everyone. In the Immortal Mountain, everyone was on high alert, and a loud shout made everyone panic.

(End of this chapter)