The Secret Way of Immortality

Just as the Ascension Ceremony began, the death toll in Yellow Sand City suddenly reached a peak, but within a few days, it sharply decreased back to its original level.

The Daoist temples seemed to be taking the opportunity to cultivate Zawa people, but it was unclear what purpose they served.

Even White Cloud Temple, under the name of Liu Chuan, recruited several Daoist children.

Although Ren Qing was only responsible for Yellow Crane Temple, he had to visit the burial mound three or four times a day, and even encountered other Daoists performing superordination rituals.

Fortunately, the Daoist temples soon became more restrained.

After Ren Qing had some free time, he mainly focused on stabilizing his separated soul.

Since the separated soul transformed into a Zawa person, the abilities related to the No-Eyed Method had indeed improved, becoming smoother.

Moreover, it was also of great help to the progress of Binding Yin Divinity. Ren Qing felt the speed of progress in the Yin Messenger realm for the first time was visible to the naked eye.

Once he broke through the Fusion Yin Divinity, he could consider building a technique with the Darkest Nightmare Lord as the core, and his strength would be greatly improved by then.

As for the Gluttonous Eater Method, it could only be slowed down a bit.

Ren Qing couldn't help but feel that his lifespan was not enough, so he began to plan to control the Ghost Market, and he already had some ideas in mind.

However, he was considering leaving Yellow Sand City in a short time, so there was no need to add variables, and everything should be based on stability.

Ren Qing lived a secluded life, and the waters of Yellow Sand City became increasingly murky.

Perhaps because of the existence of certain rules, no conflicts broke out between the Daoist temples, and they only focused on recruiting Daoist children and teaching the Water Marsh Method.

Ren Qing really couldn't understand why Yellow Crane Immortal, a Zawa person like him, had already completed the Five Qi Unification, so why would he need pseudo-Zawa people?

Moreover, the construction of the stone platform had buried dozens of people.

Before long, Yellow Crane Immortal couldn't wait to start the Ascension Ceremony.

The ground suddenly trembled.

Many Gobi people looked reverently at Yellow Crane Temple.

They saw the huge stone platform slowly rising, and they could vaguely see birds singing and flowers fragrant, as well as celestial maidens dancing and cranes flying around.

They knelt on the ground, constantly chanting their reverence for Yellow Crane Immortal, even knocking their foreheads until they bled.

While tens of thousands of people were moving in unison, Ren Qing silently transformed into a ghost shadow, traveling through the shadows connecting the buildings.

He glanced at the stone platform in the sky, and what he saw with his heavy pupils and his eyes was completely different.

Trees pieced together from human bones stood in the center of the stone platform, with several bloody birds on the branches, and white bone celestial maidens were hung, swaying in the wind.

Yellow Crane Immortal's arrangement made it difficult for Ren Qing not to suspect his mental state.

"Respectfully send off Yellow Crane Master to become an immortal."

Chanting began.

Then, hundreds of immortals came to pay tribute.

The Zawa people in the various Daoist temples flew towards the stone platform, and the scattered immortal energy spread out, turning the originally barren water marsh into a fairyland.

Green grass and trees grew on the rocky peaks on both sides of the Gobi, and if you looked closely, you could even find several monkeys playing in them.

Ren Qing immediately understood why Zawa people were called "immortals".

The abilities displayed by the Zawa people were similar to illusions, changing the environment through consciousness.

Under the influence of dozens of Zawa people, even Ren Qing was somewhat fooled, but fortunately, the Immortal in the Mirror was also quite skilled in illusion.

The people watched with fascination, even wishing they could climb onto the Gobi.

Even if the illusion displayed by the Zawa people could be seen everywhere in Xiangxiang, the water marsh was, after all, a place where all living things had died.

Ren Qing did not find Liu Chuan's figure, guessing that he was not intelligent enough to participate in the Ascension Ceremony, and maybe he could save his life because of this.

He came to the gate of Yellow Sand City, but did not rush to the sandstorm.

In Ren Qing's opinion, Yellow Crane Immortal had not yet appeared, and now was not the best time to leave, as it would be easy to backfire.

He lurked for a full half an hour before someone finally walked out of Yellow Crane Temple.

Yellow Crane Immortal's appearance had undergone amazing changes. A head the size of a fist grew on the right side of his neck, with a human face on it.

The human face vaguely resembled Li Yaoyang's appearance, and seemed to retain some consciousness.

In order to fight against the strange object, Yellow Crane Immortal had become extremely mad, and he casually killed a welcoming Daoist who was kneeling down as he walked.

Ren Qing suddenly realized that the Strange Eater Realm needed to digest three kinds of strange objects in total, and in the end, the Zawa person should become four heads.

"Could it be the Three Corpses Severance? That's too evil."

Although the great power who created the Water Marsh Method did not consider advancing to the Yang Divinity Realm, he still had ambitions, which made the Strange Eater Realm try to make up for the shortcomings.

When the Zawa person digested the strange object, they would naturally gain some abilities.

For example, Yellow Crane Immortal, if he digested Li Yaoyang, the immortal energy should be able to turn into a large number of Gu worms, which would be extremely terrifying.

However, the limitations of the Water Marsh Method were there.

The strange object in the Zawa person's body would turn into a dead object, and its potential would be exhausted.

Of course, it was of great use to Ren Qing. If the three corpses cut off by the separated soul were all Strange Objects with Heavy Pupils, layering them on top of each other would definitely lead to a complete transformation.

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at Yellow Crane Immortal, and immediately discovered Li Yaoyang's plan.

He actually transformed his three souls and seven spirits into ten parts, distributed on the three flowers, five qi, and one corpse in Yellow Crane Immortal's body, while the most important heavenly soul still sat in the strange object.

Ren Qing had previously told Li Yaoyang the details about the Water Marsh Method, and the latter had indeed found a way to deal with it.

It was just unknown what the result would be.

But no matter what, Li Yaoyang was in a weak position, and if he wanted to turn the tables, he had to take a risk.

Yellow Crane Immortal shook his sleeves, and flicked the horsetail whisk in his hand with force.

His body soared into the air towards the stone platform in mid-air, and even the most experienced White Dragon Immortal had to give way to him.

However, because of the strange object's riot, Yellow Crane Immortal's aura was extremely unstable, causing changes in the surrounding illusions.

A large number of locusts landed on the grass and trees, quickly devouring all the greenery, and finally causing the Gobi to return to its original barrenness.

"Hehehehehe…"

Yellow Crane Immortal landed on the stone platform, and dozens of Zawa people turned their eyes to him in unison.

Clear Breeze Immortal, who looked like a young woman of twenty-eight, stared at Yellow Crane Immortal.

Then she said in a flat tone: "This path to immortality doesn't feel as mysterious as I imagined."

"Kakakakaka, you don't understand… only by becoming an immortal can you transcend… everything."

While speaking, Yellow Crane Immortal's tone kept switching, occasionally turning into Li Yaoyang's voice, which seemed extremely strange.

The lotus mouth on his forehead also spewed out some blood.

White Dragon Immortal's appearance was that of a middle-aged man in his early thirties.

He said coldly: "Yellow Crane Master, you must ascend, there will be no more human pleasures when you get to the Pure Void Palace…"

White Dragon Immortal licked his lips with the five faces on his body. Although he did not want to ascend to the Pure Void Palace because of his promotion, he still wanted to peep at the strange object.

"What is the… meaning of this world, isn't Yellow Sand City just… a prison."

Yellow Crane Immortal showed a morbid smile, and a large amount of blood flowed out again. The strange object in the Ghost Envoy Realm was not so easy to deal with.

White Dragon Immortal couldn't help but take half a step forward, his breathing becoming heavier.

Even though the Pure Void Palace had set rules for Yellow Sand City, including that Zawa people were not allowed to kill each other, he was still somewhat tempted.

Seeing this, the rest of the Zawa people took the initiative to stand in line, and the forces were gradually divided into three parts, with Clear Breeze Immortal representing the largest number of neutrals.

"Ugh."

At this time, Yellow Crane Immortal groaned, and the riot of the strange object in his body intensified.

"Yellow Crane Master, wish you good fortune."

Seeing this, White Dragon Immortal no longer took action, and looked at Yellow Crane Immortal with a strange expression, constantly making mocking tsk-tsk sounds.

But then he couldn't laugh anymore.

Yellow Crane Immortal's condition suddenly eased, and it could be clearly felt that his expression was not so dazed, and gradually returned to being cold and resentful.

After he regained consciousness, he threatened: "White Dragon Master, you can also choose to become an immortal, the Pure Void Temple must have a place for you."

White Dragon Immortal no longer said anything, and stood aside with his hands behind his back.

Yellow Crane Immortal showed a wild smile, closed his eyes as if feeling the surge of cultivation, and gradually moved towards becoming an immortal and attaining the Dao.

However, Ren Qing noticed something was wrong. Li Yaoyang's soul was indeed decreasing, but it seemed to be done voluntarily.

He was too far away to see clearly, but he could only see that the three souls and seven spirits were fighting each other, fighting in Yellow Crane Immortal's body.

The situation was somewhat like raising Gu…

The souls devoured each other, in order to leave a glimmer of life for themselves, but what the result would be depended on Li Yaoyang's good fortune.

Yellow Crane Immortal floated towards the clouds. The Three Corpses Severance required painstaking effort, but he had lost his patience and wanted to ascend to the Pure Void Palace as soon as possible.

The Pure Void Palace gradually emerged, and the Pustule Old Daoist loomed.

All the Zawa people were received by the ascension, causing spiritual light to rise in the various Daoist temples, and thirty or forty Zawa people followed.

However, most of them were newly born Zawa people in recent days.

No wonder the Daoist temples were recruiting Daoist children with great fanfare, just to let them replace White Dragon Immortal and others to ascend to the Pure Void Palace.

Even the separated soul in Ren Qing's Niwan Palace felt the traction of a strange force.

Ren Qing's expression was slightly hesitant.

Logically speaking, he could use the separated soul to explore the situation in the Pure Void Palace, anyway, it would only cost him the lifespan of advancing to the Strange Eater Realm, which was harmless.

However, before Ren Qing had considered it for too long, the separated soul's throbbing disappeared.

The gate of the Daoist temple on top of Pustule Old Daoist's head opened, and those Zawa people poured into it, in order to replenish the ants that raised the aphids.

Ren Qing stepped into the sandstorm, and the wind hit his body with a crackling sound.

Fortunately, on the periphery of the sandstorm, his cultivation could barely resist it.

Ren Qing looked back.

It was the first time he had seen the Pure Void Palace materialized, and he couldn't help but attach three dream seeds to his forehead under the cover of the wind and sand.

Pustule Old Daoist still showed no signs of coming back to life, but the strange face on the back of his head seemed a little active, but it felt very painful.

The position of the strange face's mouth cracked open a chrysanthemum-shaped mouth, and a torrent of water poured out.

The water vaporized in a moment, and stones mixed in fell like raindrops.

The Zawa people swarmed to transport the stones to the top of their heads, intending to add bricks and tiles to the Daoist temple.

Ren Qing's eyelids twitched wildly.

The separated soul immediately entered the Non-Action Dojo. A new gap did appear in the pond, and the water level was further decreasing.

From the water quality and the broken outer wall of the pond, it could be seen that the Non-Action Dojo was connected to the Heavenly Dao Worm of the Pure Void Temple.

Good fellow, the Heavenly Dao Worm on Pustule Old Daoist's body was actually the Heavenly Dao Child's one.

The Heavenly Dao Child's body was completely destroyed because of practicing the Beast Pen Method, and the Non-Action Daoist temple was probably attached to the Heavenly Dao Worm's body.

Could it be that Pustule Old Daoist is the Heavenly Dao Child?

Impossible, the two are definitely not the same person.

The Heavenly Dao Worm should be raised by a certain cultivator…

Wait, what exactly is the Pure Void Palace raising, the Heavenly Dao Worm, or the Heavenly Dao Child in the Non-Action Daoist temple, who is about to transform into the Supreme Heavenly Demon?

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