Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

In Buddhist allusions, there is the Western Paradise of Paradise, and there is also the hell of boundless suffering.

For those who are kind, they help those in need, help those in need, and accumulate merit. After death, they can ascend to the bright glazed pure land in the West and enjoy bliss;

Those who do evil, oppress the good and accumulate sins, will fall into the boundless hell after death and suffer torture day and night.

Because of this, Zhang Yao immediately thought of the legendary hell when he saw this terrifying scene of pitch-black land and land, which was forged by Mani Temple the day after tomorrow.

But as soon as he changed his mind, he directly overturned his own thoughts:

"No, this shouldn't be a man-made 'hell'..."

The reason is simple:

The core of the operation of the entire Mani Kingdom is the system of good deeds. Not only monks must accumulate good deeds, but Buddhist temples, large and small, are also persuading and guiding ordinary people to abandon evil and do good, sincerely worship Buddha, and promote good deeds.

Under such a background, if the Mani Temple really created a real hell, there is no reason why it should not be publicized and used to further consolidate the system of good deeds.

The real existence of hell, and its deterrent effect on wicked people and evil deeds, are far beyond the comparison of illusory rumors.

But the Mani Temple did not do this, which can only vaguely explain that this dark land hidden deep in the devil's lair and constantly tormenting the souls of mortals cannot be seen and cannot be known by others.

"If this is not a hell made by the day after tomorrow, then the source of these souls is very problematic..."

Zhang Yao realized this, and his divine sense swept across in an instant.

At this moment, dozens of new ghosts emerged from the pitch-black land, and were firmly locked in chains composed of black mantras.

The figures and appearances of these dozens of ghosts were firmly recorded by Zhang Yao.

Then, Zhang Yao turned around and flew into the air, heading towards the 'Jinpan wellhead' above the underground world, speeding away non-stop.

After just a dozen breaths:

"boom!"

Zhang Yao rushed through the metal shaft and landed on the blue bricks next to the Demon Town Well.

With a flick of his sleeves, several storage bags flew out of his body, and then the figure of a puppet emerged, rolled up those storage bags, and flew away.

"call!"

Zhang Yao took a deep breath, looked away, walked to the Demon Sealing Hall and sat down, sighing.

"It's better to act like Meng Lang..."

"It's a bit reckless to explore the devil's lair without confirming the extent of Mani Temple's surveillance methods."

After he achieved the golden core and broke through the pass, he ruled the roost at the same level and subdued a country. He was famous wherever he went, and his heart inevitably drifted a little bit.

Just like today's exploration of the Demon-Suppressing Well, after figuring out that the abnormal reaction of the turbidity caused by the crystallization of the earth soul, we should stop in time, but in a moment of carelessness, we discovered a secret that should not have been discovered.

At this moment:

He can only hope that Mani Temple's monitoring methods are not so perverted that they can even be meticulous in the devil's den filled with turbid air, otherwise his actions are destined to be hidden.

"Fortunately, there is an incarnate puppet who can take away his property in advance and find a remote place to bury it."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao calmed down a lot.

If the Mani Temple found out about his behavior and planned to send someone to silence him, then he would have no fear.

The person who comes is the Golden Core Consummation, and he is sure that he can fight to the death and get out; if it is the Nascent Soul old monster, he will die directly from the broken Golden Core, and the true spirit will escape and be reborn with the help of the earth god fetus .

The worst outcome would be nothing but a loss of wealth and nothing, but his cultivation realm and talent are still there, and it is only a matter of time before he makes a comeback.

"..."

Zhang Yao crossed his legs and closed his eyes, sitting on the futon, while refining the magic energy, while still comprehending and practicing supernatural powers, calmly waiting for the result of this matter.

No matter what the future holds, he can face it calmly.

…………

Mani Kingdom, the central land.

In the depths of the majestic and magnificent Mani Temple, in the Dajue Hall.

"Buzz!"

The moment Zhang Yao, who was tens of thousands of miles away, came into contact with the black land in the depths of the Changle Mountain Devil's Cave, the entire Mani Jade Bi suddenly buzzed and vibrated.

The passer-by Arhat who was sitting cross-legged in front of the jade disc suddenly raised his head, his eyes flickered, and when he saw the place on the jade disc that represented the magic cave of Changle Mountain, a dazzling red light rose and flickered non-stop.

In the next moment, the red light was about to break through the jade disc and set off the alarm in the entire Dajue Hall.

"Crack!"

The red light went out suddenly, and the mani jade also calmed down the restlessness.

Accelerating Arhat slowly withdrew his palm, his expression was calm, and his eyes were as deep as a bottomless pool.

"... Another one."

He murmured in a low voice, like sighing with emotion, and after reciting the Buddha's name, the huge Dajue Hall fell into silence again.

…………

One hour, two hours...

One day, two days...

In Changle Palace, Zhang Yao waited until seven days and seven nights passed, but nothing happened.

There was no questioning, no subpoena, no aggressive golden arhat, everything was as usual.

"boom!"

Zhang Yao got up and left the Temple of Sealing Demons, turned into a dazzling white rainbow and flew away. After wandering around the Changle Mountain area for tens of thousands of miles and confirming that there were no ambush traps, he was truly relieved.

"It seems that Mani Temple's surveillance methods are not as powerful as I imagined."

"Perhaps in the underground world where turbidity is rampant, even if the means are all-powerful, it is impossible to truly establish a monitoring system."

After Zhang Yao figured this out, he felt a lot more relaxed.

After returning to Changle Palace, he sat cross-legged on the futon, still thinking about what he saw in the magic lair:

"What does the black land represent? What secrets are hidden in those living souls?"

"The most important thing is... is the plan of the Mani Temple involved with us foreign Golden Core cultivators?"

This was what he was most worried about. If he became a pawn of Mani Temple unknowingly, it would be a sad reminder.

On the bright side, Mani Temple invites foreign Jindan monks to sit in the magic cave, just to refine the magic energy and maintain the stability of Mani Kingdom, and at the same time donate good deeds.

But the problem is, they still lurk the dark ghost land in the devil's lair, and there must be other plots hidden behind them.

"Thousands of years ago, there were not a few foreign Jindan monks who died at the hands of the Mani Temple, but most of them broke the rules and did not abide by the system of good deeds."

"But if there is a hidden plan behind the Mani Temple, then the rumors may not be true..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao frowned, feeling very tangled in his heart.

He has already discovered the secrets of Mani Temple, if he doesn't investigate and turn a blind eye, he will be in trouble.

But if he continued to explore the secrets of the devil's lair, he would accidentally touch the Nilin of the Mani Temple, and he would be powerless to fight against such a huge monster.

"Unless he leaves, it is very difficult not to be implicated in any accidents in Mani's country."

"Even in the worst conjecture, if I have already fallen into the plan, then leaving the Mani Kingdom may not be able to avoid it..."

Zhang Yao thought over and over again before he made up his mind:

"Then start with those ghosts first, and visit secretly, but for the sake of caution, the devil's lair cannot be re-entered."

"If the plan of Mani Temple has nothing to do with me, then pretend not to know it, accumulate good deeds, and exchange the treasure as soon as possible."

"If their plan has already implicated me..."

Zhang Yao's eyes became darker:

"That can't be said, there will only be a big riot, and it will turn him upside down, and it won't make this group of bald donkeys feel better!"

…………

After a few days.

The avatar puppet who was sent by Zhang Yao to the border of the Mani Kingdom, finally returned to the Changle Mountain area.

In the Changle Palace, Zhang Yao took back the previous storage bag, and immediately sent his avatar to the mortal world to secretly investigate the lives of those ghosts.

All the way day and night, rain or shine.

Zhang Yao's puppet incarnation controls the escape light, maintains the Taoist method of hiding his body, and wanders in the vast Changle Mountain area.

The Mani Kingdom stretches across hundreds of thousands of miles. In the area around Changle Mountain alone, there are thousands of cities, large and small. The ordinary people living here are counted in tens of millions.

In such a vast sea of ​​people, trying to find dozens of specific people is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, Zhang Yao's goal is very clear. He has a fixed date and time of death, a ghost's physical appearance, and most importantly, a means of searching memory on a large scale for mortals, which is extremely efficient.

Even so, Zhang Yao also wandered more than a hundred cities and spent more than ten days before finding his first target.

Changle Mountain area, in Tianze City.

In a luxurious mansion covering an area of ​​more than ten acres, a large family is noisy:

"I don't care. Anyway, the old man explained before his death that we can't separate the family."

"If you can't separate the family, then feed you rice worms in vain? You're thinking pretty well, just say that when the shop was paying dividends last year..."

"Fart, why didn't you say it when the old man was around? As soon as the old man left, before his bones were cold, you started digging up old scores?"

"No matter how you say it, everyone is a family, sit down and talk about it first."

The masters and wives in several rooms accused and argued with each other, and the atmosphere became more and more tense, and many servants and maidservants hid far away.

In the hall, Zhang Yao maintained his invisibility and sat on a chair beside him, watching the farce.

"Om..."

The tyrannical divine sense, like mercury pouring into the ground, pervasively reads the memories of dozens of people at the same time.

Zhang Yao's eyes flickered, and his expression was very delicate:

"Unexpected..."

The truth about those ghosts was completely opposite to what he thought.

The first target he found was a chubby and rich old man who was a well-known rich man in Tianze City.

Contrary to what he had imagined, this old man was not only an evil landlord Lao Cai, but a well-known good man near Tianze City, who was honored as "Li Dashan".

Opening porridge farms, building bridges and paving roads, donating money to run schools, and helping victims of disasters... It can be said that Li Dashan is a real family of good deeds.

It stands to reason that such a benevolent person will ascend to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss after death.

However, his soul after death was taken away out of thin air, trapped by the power of the formation in the magic cave, and endured terrible torture day and night on the dark land.

"What is the purpose of Mani Temple doing this?!"