The Secret Way of Immortality

The boundless Plain of Decaying Blood was a landscape where everything was solidified blood clots.

Such a desolate region, appearing lifeless on the surface, actually harbored an incredibly corrosive type of insect.

As the Giant Corpse Buddha walked through the decaying blood, its flesh was constantly eroded.

No matter how high its cultivation was in life, it was still a corpse after all. In just over half a month, its legs were reduced to white bones, tinged with purple.

Under these circumstances, the Giant Corpse Buddha's speed was inevitably hampered.

Even after being enhanced with the 'White Eye Disease Strain,' the Insect Eye, having just merged with a Martial Realm Guitai, couldn't meticulously observe its surroundings.

The White Eye Disease Strain's effect could positively influence the Insect Eye Technique, a discovery Ren Qing made after several attempts.

The Jailers valued the Giant Corpse Buddha's stop-and-go movements, as it gave them ample time to rest and recuperate.

Although Li Tiangang and the others didn't know Ren Qing's goal was the Scripture of the Dead, they understood the significance of the Earth Immortal corpse to the Jailers.

Xiangxiang had already been destroyed, so they either eked out a living or seized the opportunity.

A full few thousand cultivators, except for three or four hundred stationed in the stomach region, all headed to the Giant Corpse Buddha's liver.

Ren Qing was solely responsible for refining the spine, leaving the liver to Li Tiangang.

After the Six Afflictions Technique advanced to Deathly Plague Immortal, he could control the disease strains effortlessly, diverting some attention to complete the liver's distortion.

He chose the Fatty Liver Disease Strain, representing the disease fatty liver, and had previously used the Distortion Disease Strain to align the liver with the technique 'Heart-Burning Art'.

The literal interpretation of the Heart-Burning Art was the mutation of the heart, but in reality, it targeted the liver, something few within the Jailers would touch.

That was because it contained danger, making it extremely easy to become demonically possessed.

【Heart-Burning Art】

【Accidentally cultivated by Wang Yanfang after mistakenly inhaling flames. Requires seventy percent of the liver to turn into oil. Can only be cultivated if one survives after the flames ignite the liver.】

After mastering the Heart-Burning Art, the liver became like fuel to feed the flames. Once out of control, the cultivator could very likely turn to ashes.

However, the Giant Corpse Buddha was guarded by thousands of cultivators, so similar situations shouldn't occur.

When the numerous cultivators arrived at the liver, not to mention Little San'er, even Li Tiangang was taken aback by the distorted organ.

Originally, the Giant Corpse Buddha's liver had a grayish-black, shriveled appearance, having essentially lost its original function.

Now, after the distortion from the Fatty Liver Disease Strain, the liver had transformed into something like amber.

The surface was covered with a thick shell, while the inside was semi-solid yellow oil, as if the slightest spark could ignite an explosion.

Of course, after all, the distorted liver's essence was a technique, and once it completed its transformation into a Dharma artifact, it would be protected by the Buddha's aura, becoming exceptionally stable.

Li Tiangang quickly signaled the cultivators to begin refining the liver, with a large number of cultivators moving through the blood vessels, gradually piling up materials into a mountain.

The greasy smell permeated the stomach.

Corresponding materials were ground into powder and smeared on the liver's surface, gradually turning the oil into flesh.

Little San'er, leading dozens of artifact refiners, began to inscribe extremely intricate moon patterns with the aid of a few ghost shadows.

For the Jailers, the liver was already a large project requiring the efforts of over a thousand people, while the spine was a hundred times more complex than the liver.

The spine connected the Giant Corpse Buddha's entire skeleton, riddled with numerous nerves. Any action could potentially affect the whole body.

Ren Qing had to be extra cautious, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Due to the Giant Corpse Buddha's prolonged walking, the friction between the joints created deafening sounds, accompanied by high temperatures.

In Ren Qing's view, the spine was like a steel machine from his previous life, constantly releasing kinetic energy.

The distortion of the spine didn't require the use of the Distortion Disease Strain; it could already accommodate the propagation of the Hard Bone Disease Strain.

Ren Qing didn't choose to pseudo-dragonize the Hard Bone Disease Strain, but instead used the Six Afflictions Technique to gradually apply the distorting influence to the spine.

As for the Giantism Disease Strain, he planned to transplant it after the Hard Bone Disease Strain had spread throughout all the bones.

Ren Qing's hands didn't stop, allowing the spinal bone to fully absorb the mineral powder, while the ghost shadows outlined the moon patterns, one person doing the work of a thousand.

Under his refinement, this section of the spinal bone gradually revealed a metallic luster, and the unique aura of a Guitai artifact emanated from it.

Bang…

The Giant Corpse Buddha seemed to sense the distortion of its body, and its speed became even slower.

Ren Qing spent several days completing the refinement of the spinal bone, but it was only one section out of more than thirty spinal bones.

Fortunately, the beginning was always the hardest. As long as he could complete one, the ghost shadows could then perform the refinement accurately.

Ren Qing breathed a sigh of relief, then controlled the propagation of the disease strains. He could finally free up some energy to perform the Guibian fusion of the Dream Realm Technique.

He used the dream flower on his forehead to check the situation on the liver side, then frowned.

There weren't any major problems with the liver's transformation into a Dharma artifact. With the ghost shadows assisting, Little San'er and the others were just refining it somewhat slowly.

However, Ren Qing suddenly noticed that something seemed amiss in the other internal organ regions.

Li Tiangang suspiciously scanned the vicinity, then couldn't help but shout, "Wait."

Upon hearing this, the cultivators immediately put down what they were doing, activated their techniques, and stood guard vigilantly, their breathing silent.

Li Yaoyang, suppressing the fear in his heart, asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

Li Tiangang replied in a calm tone, "Be careful of attacks from Gu objects…"

Jiang Feng paused for a few breaths, then ordered the lower-realm cultivators to return to the stomach along the blood vessels, while the remaining cultivators formed groups of two or three.

Li Yaoyang spat out a few Gu worms, which circled around the internal organs to investigate.

But there wasn't a trace of any Gu objects. All that met his eyes were rotten flesh and blood vessels filled with festering sores.

Just as Li Yaoyang was about to report that it was a false alarm, he suddenly noticed the blood vessels twitch slightly.

Immediately afterward, the blood vessels broke away from the internal organs like pythons, surging towards them like a tide, as if unable to resist the scent emanating from the liver.

Li Tiangang narrowed his eyes and said, "Little San'er, continue refining the artifact."

The top priority was still to complete the Dharma artifact transformation of the liver, otherwise the distorted organ would continuously emit strange odors, stimulating the blood vessels to come.

The cultivators didn't dare to recklessly use their techniques, and instead took out sharp weapons to meet the enemy.

The blood vessels were extremely fast, and their main method of attack was entanglement. The most troublesome thing was their dense and terrifying numbers.

Which of the Jailers hadn't experienced countless battles? Facing the blood vessels, they weren't flustered.

Even the few Yin Difference Realm cultivators weren't in a hurry to attack. They were more interested in figuring out the origin of the Gu object.

Li Yaoyang bit a blood vessel to death with a Gu worm, then picked it up and examined it closely.

He felt that just by touching the Gu object with his palm, his own blood vessels showed signs of being out of control, as if they were about to break free from the restraints of his flesh and blood.

"Ah!!"

A middle-aged cultivator screamed, his skin bulging with blood vessels, writhing like living creatures, making others shudder.

Li Tiangang drew out a piece of paper and flicked it out, directly sealing the middle-aged cultivator within it.

He turned his head and asked, "Li Yaoyang, have you figured anything out?"

Li Yaoyang said hesitantly, "It's very likely a parasitic insect, hidden within the Giant Corpse Buddha's body, attracted by the scent."

Upon hearing this, Li Tiangang nodded, then signaled the Yin Difference Realm cultivators to attack.

Chen Haoyu had finally obtained Ren Qing's approval to come to the stomach, and naturally wanted to show his worth, so he transformed his right leg into an elephant foot.

He kicked towards the swarm of insects, carefully controlling his strength, causing a large number of blood vessels to turn into minced meat.

Bai Guniang drove her flying sword to fight the enemy, with cold light flashing, the ground was covered with blood vessels cut in two, and cultivators with chills running down their backs.

The battle lasted for several days.

The blood vessels kept pouring in, and no matter how Li Yaoyang's Gu worms searched, they couldn't find where they were coming from.

Little San'er kept inscribing the moon patterns non-stop, and the ghost shadows didn't slack off either.

Until the moment when the moon patterns on the liver's surface formed a complete whole, a faint Buddha's aura poured into the organ, turning the patterns into a light golden color.

The solid oil in the liver completely turned back into flesh and blood, and the Dharma artifact aura became even more concentrated.

Little San'er let out a long breath. According to Ren Qing, this meant that it had gained the Giant Corpse Buddha's approval, and even if the liver was destroyed by external forces, it could be restored to its original state.

Cultivators who mastered wind-attribute techniques quickly summoned a gale to blow away the smell of the oil.

But an unexpected thing happened. The liver had clearly stopped emitting any odor, but the blood vessels still surged towards them.

At this time, Li Tiangang realized that the blood vessels' target wasn't the liver, but the Jailers.

He felt a headache. The blood vessels' strength wasn't that great, only at the Half-Corpse Realm, but their sheer numbers were a big problem.

Moreover, it was another matter whether the blood vessels were formed naturally or not, and it might involve something significant.

The Jailers themselves didn't have enough manpower. If they had to defend against the blood vessels' attacks, they would have to station at least several hundred people in the liver area.

Li Tiangang helplessly shouted, "Build a defensive line centered on the liver…"

The cultivators didn't hesitate at all, and immediately dispatched some people to retreat towards the stomach, intending to transport the materials for building the city walls.

"No need."

Just then, Ren Qing's figure appeared in the center of the battlefield.

Before Li Tiangang could ask, he saw the ghost shadows enveloping thousands of cultivators, and then a scene that made them dumbfounded appeared.

The liver actually released the intense fluctuations of the Heart-Burning Art, and countless half-meter-sized holes appeared on its surface, with smoke and dust overflowing from them.

Boom!!!

Scorching flames spewed out, instantly turning the tide of blood vessels into ashes.

The burning flames were like a tornado, located directly below the heart, as if roasting the heart over a fire, hence the name Heart-Burning Art.

The Giant Corpse Buddha instinctively raised its arm, and holes also appeared in the palm of its hand. The sea of fire scorched around its body, forming a vacuum zone.

After a moment, the flames went out, and there wasn't a trace of any blood vessels next to the liver.

From this, it could be seen that the blood vessels must be controlled by some existence, otherwise they wouldn't know how to assess the situation.

The cultivators looked at Ren Qing, but the latter had already returned to the spine.

With the distorted liver, Ren Qing could communicate and release flames at any time, which was conducive to the Jailers' exploration of the Giant Corpse Buddha.

He continued to complete the Guibian fusion, striving to allow the No-Eyed Technique to set foot in the Yang God Realm as soon as possible, while also assisting the ghost shadows in refining the spine.

The Giant Corpse Buddha briefly stayed in place to adapt to the distortions in its body.

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