The Secret Way of Immortality

The city gate was illuminated by the morning sun, gradually drawing open the curtain of dawn.

Ren Qing and the others, carrying their packages, walked out of Sanxiang City together.

They looked at the lush trees beside the official road, applying insect repellent lotion to their bodies, and some even swallowed a few strange pills.

Although the destination was not far, they still had to travel through mountain roads, so they had to be fully prepared.

This was Ren Qing's first time leaving the city since arriving in this world.

The others were not much better, all of them were born and raised in Sanxiang City, so that the most experienced was actually Xiao Wu.

Ren Qing took out a simple map from his pocket, which marked the route to the meeting place, where they could meet up with the jailers.

However, they were still far from the real disaster-stricken area, and the yamen would not easily reveal information about the restricted area.

Ren Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Let's set off first. We will try to reach Pingding Mountain at night, where there is a village to stay."

Wang Wen, as a constable and the oldest yamen runner, had no trust in Ren Qing and repeatedly urged him.

"You must take good care of the map, and don't get lost."

"It won't be wrong."

Ren Qing didn't care about Wang Wen's opinion and directed the group along the official road.

The cook was in the middle of the team, and the constables were at the head and tail, to prevent sudden dangers.

Xiao Wu nudged Ren Qing with his elbow and said softly, "Brother Qing, we have to walk continuously, is your body okay?"

Ren Qing shook his head and replied, "There's nothing wrong, and if all goes well, we can reach it in two days."

"Okay."

Xiao Wu was still a little worried, after all, Ren Qing's body had not been in good shape a few days ago, it remained to be seen if he could hold on.

The team gradually moved away from Sanxiang City.

But the situation was not optimistic. The roars of wild animals could be clearly heard from the woods beside the official road, and there were even movements in the grass.

"Officer Ren, there's a corpse..."

The speaker was Guo Qing, another constable, about the same age as Ren Qing, who seemed very uncomfortable in the unfamiliar environment.

Ren Qing came to the location pointed out by Guo Qing and checked it.

He found the corpse lying diagonally in a mud pit, its body sallow and emaciated, wearing old cotton and linen clothes, with multiple knife wounds on its chest and abdomen.

"It should be the corpse of a bandit, who was chased here by the soldiers."

Ren Qing was a little puzzled, it seemed that the life of the bandits was still relatively poor.

Come to think of it, merchant teams rarely set off in Sanxiang City, the bandits were completely relying on the mountain to survive, what did they live on on weekdays?

Zhu Ding couldn't help but asked, "Officer, didn't you say that the corpses were all burned clean?"

Ren Qing explained, "The soldiers will not deal with sporadic corpses, otherwise it will easily cause continuous mountain fires."

The crowd suddenly understood and stopped paying attention to the corpse.

But unknown to them, when Ren Qing pushed the corpse away with his foot, he noticed a large area of black scorch marks on the back of the corpse.

He subconsciously looked in the direction of the corpse's bloodstains, and in the dark mountain forest, he could vaguely see a few pairs of blood-red eyes.

They were a pack of thin wolves with gray fur.

It was rumored that mountain wolves were extremely cunning by nature, and would even follow for days and nights to hunt prey.

"They're really going to become demons."

Ren Qing understood that the corpse was probably brought from the mountains by the mountain wolves, they used the corpse to lure prey, which showed their intelligence.

Naturally, Ren Qing couldn't allow himself to be targeted, he took advantage of the others' inattention, opened his narrowed eyes, and used the Divine Foot Sutra.

A terrifying aura emanated, which Xiao Wu and others could not detect, but those beasts were different.

The pack of mountain wolves let out a low whimper and fled into the mountains in panic.

This movement frightened Guo Qing, who trembled all over.

He hurriedly pulled out the saber from his waist, but it turned out to be a false alarm, the wolf howls gradually moved away from the official road.

Everyone realized that danger had passed them by, and instinctively felt a lingering fear.

After this incident, the team's pace quickened subconsciously, even the midday meal was dealt with hastily with dry food.

They wanted to reach the open Pingding Mountain before dark, as Ren Qing had said.

Ren Qing took the opportunity to sneakily stuff some pig eyes into his stomach with his alien mouth, and a heat immediately spread throughout his body.

It was indeed convenient to master the Gluttony Technique, but the consumption of one year of lifespan meant that the promotion to the Ghost Messenger realm would have to be postponed again.

There were advantages and disadvantages, at least it seemed very satisfactory at the moment.

After walking peacefully on the official road for most of the hour, it seemed that the previous encounter with the mountain wolves was just an insignificant interlude.

Soon the official road forked, with an additional path leading to the mountain forest.

They entered the muddy and difficult mountain road from the flat official road with trepidation, which hid countless poisonous snakes and beasts.

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They could only be more careful.

Ren Qing compared the map several times, and after confirming that it was correct, Wang Wen took the lead into the dense and boundless mountain forest with his saber in hand.

The light was blocked by the leaves, and strange noises could be heard faintly in the distance.

Ren Qing looked up at the sun from time to time to confirm the direction, so as to avoid deviations that would lead to getting lost, and also had to pay attention to approaching beasts.

He thought that his half-corpse realm cultivation would be enough to be comfortable in the wilderness, but he didn't expect that continuous operation of the double pupils had already begun to be unbearable.

This was only the mountains near Sanxiang City, if he went to those places full of restricted areas, he would not survive for a few days.

But for Ren Qing, he could take this opportunity to better master the spells.

The group continued to walk deeper into the mountains.

By the time the sun set, Pingding Mountain could already be vaguely seen in the distance.

The top of the mountain was surrounded by trees, but the center was left open, with a dozen or so thatched huts the size of sesame seeds.

In fact, most of the villagers in this small, sparsely populated mountain village were hunters, who would come to Sanxiang City every few days to sell local products.

Guo Qing's mood was uplifted, as long as they reached the mountain village, they could rest comfortably for the night, and even not have to eat the dry food they carried with them.

Moreover, he had a good relationship with the hunters in the village, and occasionally they would drink together in the city.

"Wait a minute."

Ren Qing stopped the team with a strange expression, and then found a thick tree and climbed up.

Xiao Wu opened his mouth wide in surprise and doubt, what about the promised physical weakness?!!

Wang Wen was slightly dissatisfied, but when he found that the others were waiting patiently, he naturally couldn't say anything.

Ren Qing ignored the others, he stood on the top of the tree and looked at the mountain village from afar, the speed of the double pupils' rotation accelerated again.

But after all, the double pupils were not good at long-distance viewing, he could only vaguely see that a dozen or so figures in the mountain village stepped into the mountain forest.

Then they disappeared.

"What's wrong, Officer?"

Guo Qing couldn't help but shouted, seeing that it was getting late, he just wanted to get to the mountain village as soon as possible to rest.

"It's nothing."

Ren Qing jumped down from the tree nimbly, maybe those villagers suddenly had something to do, maybe they would return to the village in a moment.

Moreover, it was better than camping in the deep mountains.

He became more vigilant and took the initiative to walk in the lead instead of Guo Qing.

After seeing Ren Qing's skills, the others didn't have much opinion.

As they slowly approached, the isolated Pingding Mountain village came into view.