The Secret Way of Immortality

Hundreds of large and small cave dwellings had been carved out of the Liver-Butchering Taoist's entire liver, representing the distribution of acupoints in the human body.

If one were to get closer, they would see figures moving about in each cave dwelling.

They were like ordinary Taoists, constantly performing rituals, guarding halls, renovating, and chanting scriptures, appearing meticulous.

The Qi Sea acupoint was located below the liver, making the cave dwelling relatively remote.

An old man with white hair and a youthful face sat cross-legged at the entrance, with a white smoke slowly rising from an incense burner supported by a white bone skull.

He continuously chanted, "The Dao gives birth to the Dao, the Dao is inaction..."

At the same time, he pretentiously formed hand seals and breathed at a unique frequency, exuding an aura of profound mystery.

After the old man finished his meditation, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the cave dwelling.

The interior of the cave dwelling was simply decorated, with cyan and white curtains covering the walls, and miniature versions of the three Taoist Ancestor stone statues placed inside.

On the other side hung a landscape painting.

The figure in the landscape painting was almost identical to the old man, but there was a slight difference in aura, the real person had a sense of emptiness.

In the lower right corner of the painting, the three characters were written in a vigorous and flowing script.

"Heavenly Dao Child."

The old man stared at the landscape painting for a long time, then sat back on the prayer mat.

A hoarse voice sounded from his mouth, as if speaking to someone: "Senior Six Afflictions?"

"Senior Six Afflictions..."

The old man's words were tentative, and one could sense the wariness within, clearly not a plea for help.

"Cough cough cough, this old man is not dead yet."

A response came from the corner of the wall, and then a fist-sized grotesque creature crawled out of the crack, slowly climbing to the bottom of the Taoist Ancestor stone statue.

The creature's appearance was like a skinned rabbit, its body covered in bloody muscles, and a dozen tentacles grew out of its four-lobed mouth.

"Li Yaoyang, have you made any discoveries during this time?"

"Of course, I have..."

"The cave dwellings are distributed according to acupoints, and each place has a Heavenly Dao Child's body, but they are only acting on instinct."

The old Taoist Six Afflictions pondered for a moment and muttered to himself, "Then this place of ours is probably the Qi Sea acupoint, not far from the exit."

After he finished speaking, he swallowed his saliva and looked at the other party with a strange gaze.

"Li Yaoyang, this old man is about to be scattered, quickly lend me your body."

"Senior Six Afflictions, you were at least in the Yin Messenger Realm before your death, how could you die so easily."

"Then when will the full moon be, it feels like it's just around the corner..."

"We are in a dark cave dwelling, why are you considering the full moon? Senior Six Afflictions, you might as well look for clues to get out."

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Li Yaoyang's mouth, and then he closed his eyes and rested, ignoring the old Taoist Six Afflictions.

He was able to survive by hiding in Huang He Xian's corpse, but he didn't expect those Taoist officials to use his flesh and blood to brew wine.

Li Yaoyang was thrown into an earthen vat, located near the liver.

Fortunately, he had refined his three souls and seven spirits into a wisp, although the drawbacks were great, it would not be easily erased, and he came to the cave dwelling by this means.

The Taoist officials used wine to maintain the vitality of hundreds of Heavenly Dao Child bodies, and Li Yaoyang forcibly seized a body to recuperate.

However, his situation was not optimistic, the grotesque creature had come with him into the new body, but it was greatly damaged and difficult to awaken.

If Li Yaoyang wanted to escape, he had to advance to the Yin Messenger Realm, but there was currently no way to do so.

As for the old Taoist Six Afflictions, he claimed to be a member of the Forbidden Soldiers Hall, but he strayed into the Water Marsh Desert and was then captured by the Pure Void Temple.

What Li Yaoyang was wary of was that this person's appearance did not look like a seizure at all, but rather he was born so strangely.

But according to common sense, if the body undergoes exaggerated alienation and loses control, even if it can be suppressed, there should be a problem with sanity.

It's not like the old Taoist Six Afflictions, who is so clear-headed.

Li Yaoyang rubbed his temples, his body currently needed to drink alcohol regularly to maintain vitality, and advancing to the Yin Messenger Realm was even more distant.

In addition, there was the old Taoist Six Afflictions spying in the dark.

I'm afraid I'm going to die here.

He sighed in his heart, thinking about how to use the grotesque creature formed after his death, hoping to use it to severely damage the Pure Void Temple.

Just then, a faint black mist drifted past the outside of the cave dwelling.

Ren Qing checked the condition of the liver and couldn't help but be surprised.

These hundreds of bodies must be prepared for the Heavenly Dao Child, indicating that the disciples behind the Pure Void Temple also knew about the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

He wanted to use burning his body to maintain the Heavenly Dao Child's intelligence.

But Ren Qing knew it was unrealistic, with the Heavenly Dao Child's degree of alienation, it was impossible to restore reason by relying on the body, it would only sink deeper and deeper.

Eventually, it would inevitably turn into a part of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

He followed Li Yaoyang's aura to the front of the cave dwelling, and just as he was about to enter, he suddenly discovered that there was another aura inside.

This aura was very strange, although it cultivated the Forbidden Soldiers Method, there was no trace of spells at all, as if it was a grotesque creature itself.

After hesitating for a moment, Ren Qing decided to wait and see.

Anyway, he couldn't rescue Li Yaoyang, just to inform him of the current situation, so that the latter could make sufficient preparations.

Ren Qing hid in the nearby shadows, using the Heavenly Dao Dream Seed to observe the inside of the cave dwelling.

The old Taoist Six Afflictions inexplicably became restless, and while the tentacles in his mouth swayed, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "It's the full moon."

Ren Qing frowned after hearing this, and his main body walked out of the cabin to the deck.

He looked towards the horizon, it was the time of day and night transition in the Water Marsh, the temperature began to plummet, and the sand dunes formed thick frost.

As long as it was related to the moon, Ren Qing would inevitably think of the blood moon in Jing Prefecture.

………

At this time, in Huangsha City, the streets should have been the most lively, but all the residents involuntarily looked north.

A huge blood moon slowly rose, with two moons in the night sky in parallel.

Li Tiangang and others had already controlled a Taoist temple, intending to use it to recruit Forbidden Soldiers.

After sensing the strangeness, they walked out of the courtyard.

The blood moon was gradually covered by sandstorms, but Li Tiangang's face became increasingly ugly, and he breathed rapidly, which was very rare.

Just as the blood moon was about to disappear, a skinned arm appeared on the back, as if a grotesque creature of amazing size was hiding behind the moon.

The old Taoist Six Afflictions in the Liver-Butchering Taoist's corpse knelt on the ground, his arms presented a posture of worship, and his twisted face was full of fanaticism.

"The Lunar Star Lord is above..."

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His body began to swell wildly, the grown skin presented a toad-like appearance, gradually covered with pustules.

"You are not the old Taoist Six Afflictions?!"

Li Yaoyang was facing a formidable enemy, the flesh and blood of his arm fell off, turning into black beetles flying towards the grotesque creature, intending to strike first.

But the mouthparts covered with tentacles swallowed all the beetles, making a crisp sound.

The grotesque creature resentfully opened its mouth and said, "What are the rabbit and toad in the moon?"

"The moon is yin, and the toad is yang, and it is combined with the rabbit, indicating that yin is tied to yang."

"I ate a person last year during the full moon, named Six Afflictions, but the flesh and blood were really hard to chew, and there was a foul-smelling toxin."

"But if I eat you today, I will be able to get out of this damn place."

A dozen tentacles extended towards Li Yaoyang, and the latter could not avoid it at all, and was directly pulled towards the grotesque creature's bloody mouth.

Li Yaoyang's eyes widened, even if a little sound was made on weekdays, it would attract the Taoist officials, why was there no movement at this time.

Could it really be because of the full moon?

Dozens of black beetles left his body, wanting to escape by this means, but it was obviously difficult to hurt the other party, and instead there was a tendency to run out of strength.

Li Yaoyang watched the grotesque creature's mouth getting closer and closer to him, and thought he would die, but suddenly the tentacles stopped moving.

He looked up and saw that the tentacles were all broken in half and fell to the ground.

Even so, the tentacles were still alive, wriggling like maggots, and presenting a black and red color.

The grotesque creature let out a shrill scream, its eyes becoming more and more resentful.

"The Lunar Star Lord is above..."

"Are you from Jing Prefecture?"

Black mist poured into the cave dwelling, turning into a illusory human figure standing in front of the grotesque creature.

The grotesque creature did not reply, looking at Ren Qing as if facing a formidable enemy, its body gradually retreating, getting closer and closer to the Taoist Ancestor statue.

Li Yaoyang's heart was shaken, he knew it was Ren Qing from the voice.

But why would Ren Qing be in the Pure Void Temple, it was impossible to think about it, could it be that he was brought here by the Zeren?

He stared intently and found that Ren Qing's phantom was actually double-headed, and the secondary head next to his neck was obviously similar to the Zeren.

Li Yaoyang was suddenly blank, and couldn't react at all.

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Ren Qing wrapped the grotesque creature with Nightmare Demon aura, his methods were very straightforward, directly attacking the soul.

The grotesque creature wanted to escape, but instead staggered and hit the wall.

Soon it lost its strength, and fell to the ground like a pile of rotten flesh.

Ren Qing returned to human form, his brows furrowed tightly, the grotesque creature's soul was difficult to swallow, it turned to ashes as soon as it came into contact.

But it could be determined that the other party was related to the blood moon in Jing Prefecture.

Maybe it was accidentally brought up by the Heavenly Dao Child when he was fleeing.

But Ren Qing still didn't want to let it go, so he forcefully removed the grotesque creature's head, grabbed it and prepared to leave the Liver-Butchering Taoist's corpse.

Seeing that Li Yaoyang still hadn't moved, he couldn't help but remind him: "Hurry up and escape tonight, once tomorrow comes, my divided soul will be difficult to protect you."

Li Yaoyang came back to his senses.

Looking at the posture of Ren Qing's divided soul, he must have advanced to the Yin Messenger Realm.

A bitter smile appeared on his face, his gaze looked at the corpse left behind after the grotesque creature's death, he hesitated for a few breaths before making up his mind.

"Brother Ren, you go first, my remnant body is not even qualified to linger on, it is better to fight for the last bit of opportunity."

"Okay, I hope to see you again someday."

Ren Qing nodded slightly, he understood that Li Yaoyang really had no way to retreat.

He carried the grotesque creature's head towards the outside, intending to use the Nether Crow to transport it to the main body, and then check it through the information stream.

Unfortunately, the divided soul does not have a physical entity, like the Ghost Shadow, it can summon the information stream.

But what exactly does the power represented by the blood moon represent?

Ren Qing found that all the Taoist officials were missing, as if they were very afraid of the full moon.

From this, it can be seen that the destruction of the Non-Action Temple was not entirely due to the Heavenly Dao Worm, it was likely caused by the blood moon's intervention.

After watching Ren Qing leave.

Li Yaoyang walked to the headless corpse, reached out and took out the internal organs, and soon found a mass of dead grotesque creature, originating from the old Taoist Six Afflictions.

He swallowed it in one gulp, using it to awaken the sleeping grotesque creature in his body.

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