The Secret Way of Immortality

After the deaths of the fire workers in Hexing Street, three new yamen runners were assigned to the Fire Worker Hall.

This wasn't to increase the number of people on Tan Street, but specifically to take charge of the labor in Hexing Street, promoted from white servants of other streets.

Xiao Wu warmly welcomed the three and introduced them to the affairs of the Fire Worker Hall.

Among them, Zhu Ding was about the same age as Xiao Wu. His promotion to yamen runner was due to luck, so he was very cautious.

The remaining two were much colder, even ignoring Xiao Wu, nodding and returning directly to their rooms.

Zhu Ding repeatedly expressed his thanks, while his gaze fell on a wing room not far away.

"This is…"

Wisps of white smoke drifted from the cracks in the wing room's window, carrying a strong medicinal smell.

Xiao Wu said with a worried expression, "District Official Ren lives in that room. He's using medicine to recuperate because he's unwell."

Zhu Ding nodded as if he understood, and then Xiao Wu called him to meet Bo Feng and the others.

Ren Qing sat cross-legged in the tub, his skin absorbing the effects of the medicinal bath, feeling a strange itch coming over him.

He had to endure it, after all, cultivation was about tempering one's will.

Moreover, the silver needed to buy the medicinal bath was not cheap, and even though he had received some extra money, he still had to save it.

As for why the medicinal materials were so expensive,

it might be related to the danger outside the city, which made medicine gatherers afraid to go too deep, naturally driving up the price.

After Ren Qing had absorbed all the medicinal effects, he climbed out of the tub.

His whole body was as red as a cooked crab, steaming with heat.

He changed his clothes, casually grabbed the pig's eye on the table and threw it into his mouth, but just as he was about to swallow, he saw Song Zongwu appear before him.

"Senior Song…"

"Does your pupil technique require consuming animal eyeballs?"

"Indeed."

Ren Qing quickly explained, not wanting to be associated with the Head Cutting Case.

Song Zongwu didn't delve into it. The world was full of strange and bizarre techniques, some even involving consuming filthy things to cultivate.

Ren Qing was about to say something when he noticed the other party taking out two books from his chest, and his face immediately showed anticipation.

"Time was short, I only found two techniques with relatively clear transformation directions. Choose one of them."

Ren Qing happily took the books, then his expression became a little strange.

Song Zongwu also reminded him, "If you want to cultivate the *Five Viscera Gods*, it's best to transform in the direction of the Headless One. As for the content after the Yin Messenger realm, it's too evil, so I removed it for you."

[Five Viscera Gods (Fragment)]

[Discovered by Du Cun, the abbot of the Five Viscera Temple, after observing the statues. It can only be cultivated if all five viscera are complete.]

This was the first time he had seen a technique with such low requirements, feeling out of place in this world of the bizarre.

It was just a pity that the technique was incomplete. As for what was evil about it, he couldn't see it for the time being.

"There aren't many techniques related to internal organs, and I don't know much about them either. This *Five Viscera Gods* can barely be cultivated, but you must be cautious."

Ren Qing couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but when the subsequent information about the Five Viscera Gods was revealed, he silently put the book down.

[As the *Five Viscera Gods* is cultivated, the five viscera and six organs will gradually develop sentience, and even become independent of the body upon reaching the Yin Messenger realm.]

[Ghost Mother: Five Ghosts Transporting]

[Five Spirits: Soul Divided into Five Spirits]

[Headless One: Nipples as Eyes]

[The *Five Viscera Gods* lacks subsequent content and cannot be mastered by consuming lifespan]

Ren Qing knew that the effects of the technique probably couldn't be exempted through the information stream, after all, the *Five Viscera Gods* cultivated the sentience of the internal organs.

He didn't want his internal organs to have different thoughts, or even argue inside his body.

As for the Headless One, it was probably similar to Xing Tian, with the five viscera fused with the body, nipples as eyes, and navel as mouth, which was really bizarre.

Fortunately, the technique was incomplete, so he didn't need to struggle too much, so Ren Qing decisively gave up and chose to pick up the other one.

Song Zongwu continued to introduce, "This one doesn't have any serious consequences. I would recommend you to cultivate this technique."

[Gluttonous Eater Method]

[The Gluttonous Eater Method is engraved on the stomach of the mythical beast Gluttonous Eater, obtained by the Wine Meat Taoist. Cultivating this method requires eating a lot until the stomach expands more than six times its original size, then it can be mastered.]

This condition was not simple at all. Increasing the stomach by two times would compress the internal organs, and six times would be enough to kill many people.

Song Zongwu explained, "The Gluttonous Eater Method requires a very large stomach space, and the physique must be different from ordinary people, but with your half-corpse realm cultivation, you can give it a try."

"Thank you, Senior Song, then I'll take this Gluttonous Eater Method."

Ren Qing's brows furrowed slightly, quickly flipping through the book, and gaining new information as time passed.

[Allows the stomach to be constantly in a state of fullness, accelerating cultivation, but the cultivator will gradually lose control of their appetite.]

[Food Eater: Everything is Eaten]

[Secondary Stomach: Attached Alien Stomach]

[Giant Stomach: Stomach as Big as an Ox]

[Can consume thirty days of lifespan to exempt the cost of mastering]

Song Zongwu nodded, then put away the *Five Viscera Gods*.

Ren Qing had already felt the benefits of having someone to guide him. Song Zongwu had a thorough understanding of both techniques before giving them to him, so the direction of transformation was naturally known as well.

After the Gluttonous Eater Method transformed into "Food Eater", things that were originally inedible could be digested, even metals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron.

However, the disadvantage was that after the Food Eater reached the Ghost Envoy realm, it would become the "Spirit of the Hill", and the degree of body transformation would be very obvious.

At that time, eating flesh and blood would gradually grow and enlarge the body, and ten meters would not be the limit.

Eating metal would inevitably mineralize the muscles.

Eating plants would cause a large number of plants to grow all over the body.

The Spirit of the Hill looked like a walking earthen giant from the outside.

It was even more exaggerated in the Yin Messenger realm, the Spirit of the Hill would transform into the "Mountain Range God", and would completely become a mountain peak.

The Giant Stomach was relatively better, but still had to bear a stomach of several meters.

The ability was somewhat similar to the Purple Gold Gourd of the Silver Horn King in Journey to the West, which could turn into pus and blood in an instant after being swallowed into the stomach.

The Secondary Stomach was the most special, and it was also the direction of transformation that Song Zongwu suggested to Ren Qing.

Cultivating the Secondary Stomach would grow a second alien stomach in the body and form a mustard seed space for storing items.

Putting flesh and blood into the alien stomach would greatly reduce the rate of decay.

Moreover, the transformation degree of the Secondary Stomach was not obvious, only having an extra alien mouth connected to the alien stomach, which was conducive to Ren Qing's plan to hide his strength.

Ren Qing was a little resistant at first, but after asking Song Zongwu, he learned that as long as the alien mouth was closed, it would not be noticeable to the naked eye.

He had no other choice, the Giant Stomach was obese and not conducive to combat, and the Food Eater was even more outrageous, directly turning into a mountain stone.

Seeing Ren Qing put away the *Gluttonous Eater Method*, Song Zongwu said solemnly, "Ren Qing, with your pupil technique, you should be able to detect subtleties, help me look at a corpse."

"What corpse?"

"You've seen it in the Martial Arts Building, it's my son, named Song Rong…"

Song Zongwu sighed a long breath, and a complex look appeared on his ancient and unwavering face.