The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing couldn't help but be stunned. Although it hadn't been confirmed, that old constable was very likely the Hundred-Eyed One hiding in the shadows.

This person was actually in a father-son relationship with Song Zongwu, and even though he had successfully extended his lifespan, why did he suddenly die?

Filled with doubts, Ren Qing followed Song Zongwu towards the training field.

They were silent, and Ren Qing didn't ask about Song Rong, but he gradually formed some guesses in his mind.

The prerequisite for the Asura Dharma is to experience the five major Buddhist precepts without falling.

The so-called five major precepts are: one, do not kill; two, do not steal; three, do not engage in sexual misconduct; four, do not lie; five, do not drink alcohol.

Since Song Zongwu's Asura Dharma had the level of the Four-Armed Yama, it definitely wasn't something he could achieve by cultivating in seclusion. It was reasonable that he once had a family.

They approached the training field and could see the martial arts building in the distance, which was cordoned off by constables.

Song Zongwu wore a bamboo hat and showed his jailer's waist tag, directly leading Ren Qing into the martial arts building.

Inside the martial arts building, there were only five old fire workers over the age of forty. They respectfully lowered their heads when they saw Song Zongwu.

These old fire workers had been working in the yamen for more than twenty years and no longer had to manage trivial matters in various street districts. Instead, they specialized in identifying strangely deceased corpses, so they were called coroners.

The leading Chen fire worker said softly, "Song Rong passed away a few days ago. Because he usually stayed in his room, his body wasn't discovered until now…"

Song Zongwu nodded, showing no signs of joy or sorrow on the surface.

Ren Qing frowned and asked, "A few days ago, specifically which day was it?"

Chen fire worker pondered for a moment and replied, "Judging from the degree of the corpse's decomposition, it should be two days ago."

Ren Qing muttered to himself, "Two days ago, wouldn't that be at the same time as the incident at Si Bu Zhai? I wonder if there's any connection."

Song Zongwu said calmly, "You old masters can go back first."

"Yes, sir."

The old fire workers turned and left.

They were unaware of the relationship between Song Zongwu and Song Rong and only felt a little confused. In fact, there was nothing unusual about the corpse.

After Song Zongwu waited until the martial arts building was empty, he slowly revealed Song Rong's origins.

Song Rong had been weak and sickly since he was a child, so his lifespan was limited, and he wouldn't live past twenty.

However, his temperament was that of a natural demonic seed. His birth mother died in childbirth, and Song Rong took pleasure in torturing cats and dogs in his childhood, even… harming infants.

At that time, Song Zongwu wanted to discipline Song Rong, but he was caught in a tribulation while advancing to the Three-Armed Judge realm. He was afraid of dying in a densely populated town, so he had to prepare to escape to the wilderness.

Song Zongwu handed the five-year-old Song Rong over to a temple to be raised and hurriedly went into seclusion.

Seclusion took him more than twenty years. When he returned to the temple, it was full of dry bones, and Song Rong was long gone.

Song Zongwu originally thought that Song Rong had died from exhaustion of his lifespan, but he found him in the Three Xiang City yamen.

And Song Rong was now forty-three years old.

Ren Qing couldn't help but click his tongue. Song Rong was so cruel and merciless at a young age, he would definitely be even more unscrupulous with the power of spells.

Song Zongwu said in a deep voice, "I have always suspected that Song Rong used living people as sacrifices to extend his lifespan, but I can't find any clues."

According to Song Zongwu's principles, he naturally wouldn't take action before confirming that Song Rong was killing people to extend his lifespan, which led to the continuous occurrence of the head-cutting case.

Ren Qing heard a hint of regret in Song Zongwu's tone.

Presumably, the "Grass Hall Travelogue" he left in the martial arts building was to persuade Song Rong through the monks who read books, but the latter showed no restraint.

Of course, this was just a guess, and the situation still needed to be confirmed through the corpse.

Ren Qing pushed open the wooden door of the inner room, and what came into view was a dried corpse sitting at the table, with a stench coming from it.

He used his double pupils to observe carefully and found that the corpse seemed normal at first glance, but there was something faintly wrong.

Song Zongwu said, "If he really killed people to extend his lifespan as I guessed, he would have had to take at least four or five hundred lives to be enough."

"Senior Song, there's something wrong with the corpse."

Ren Qing pointed to the corpse spots all over the skin and said, "Even if the color of the corpse spots changes with time, it should be roughly the same."

Song Zongwu looked intently, and it was indeed as Ren Qing said. The color of the corpse spots varied in depth, which was unspeakably strange.

"Do you mind if I cut open the corpse?"

"It's okay."

Ren Qing took out the small knife he carried with him and cut through the most densely packed corpse spots, revealing the flesh underneath.

The two looked at each other, their expressions a little unbelievable.

The flesh appeared to be lumpy, without the fibrous texture of muscles, as if it had been pieced together.

Ren Qing cut open the skin in various places without hesitation, and the degree of decay of the flesh inside was different, and it was not even human flesh.

The two said almost in unison, "Human Skin Book?"

The most likely way to create a lifelike corpse out of thin air was through the Skin Peeler of the Human Skin Book. This type of mutation mainly involved the human body.

Ren Qing immediately understood that Song Rong must be the Hundred-Eyed One.

No wonder he was able to hide silently in the yamen, and even Song Zongwu couldn't see through him. He probably concealed the characteristics of the Hundred-Eyed One by wearing human skin.

And he used the Skin Peeler's ability to dig out his own eyeballs and attach them to animals or insects, thereby controlling them remotely.

Even the prison restricted area was probably created by Song Rong.

However, why did Song Rong fake his death and escape? Could it be that his purpose was the Disaster Elimination Restricted Area?

After hesitating for a moment, Ren Qing informed Song Zongwu about the information about the No-Eyed Dharma.

He emphasized the point of extending lifespan by eating raw human eyes, and Song Zongwu naturally connected it to the recent sensational head-cutting case.

Song Zongwu understood that Ren Qing and Song Rong's No-Eyed Dharma came from the same source, only with different mutation directions.

He couldn't help but feel anger in his eyes, turned his head, stared with his six eyes, and said, "Ren Qing, have you ever eaten raw human eyes?"

Ren Qing said with a serious expression, "Senior Song, I have never eaten human eyes, nor do I have such thoughts."

Song Zongwu possessed the Hearkening Technique and learned that Ren Qing was not lying, and his tone softened.

"That's good, don't go astray."

He recalled the difficulty of mastering the No-Eyed Dharma and couldn't help but feel admiration.

Since Song Rong deliberately spread the No-Eyed Dharma, most of the people who tried to cultivate it didn't have a good end.

One must know that entering the No-Eyed Dharma requires experiencing forty-nine days of boundless darkness. Since Ren Qing was able to adhere to his original intention, it showed that his temperament was indeed good.

Talent, luck, and temperament were all excellent, and he would definitely have the opportunity to break through to the Yin Official realm in the future.

It was a pity that he had mistakenly eaten a strange object, which made it impossible for him to master techniques related to the body, otherwise, one could look forward to the Yang God realm.

Song Zongwu suddenly had a bold idea. After all, Ren Qing's Human Skin Book was only at the Martial Human realm, so maybe he could break through the limitations of the strange object?

He stopped thinking about it and prepared to set off to find Song Rong.

"Cultivate the Gluttony Dharma well these few days, and you can come to me for any resources you need."

"Thank you, Senior Song."

Ren Qing was overjoyed. He could see that Song Zongwu's attitude was that of an elder. Even if he didn't become his disciple, there probably wasn't much difference.

Song Zongwu headed out of the yamen.

Ren Qing temporarily stayed in the martial arts building, wanting to find some clues left by the Hundred-Eyed One in the inner room, but unfortunately, he found nothing.

The fake corpse was reported to Bo Feng by the constables outside and was carried away to be burned.

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