The Secret Way of Immortality

The giant corpse Buddha stood like a mountain among the white bones, its aura flickering, not at all like the body of a terrestrial immortal.

Xuan Chengzi's eyes turned red as he moved swiftly through the underground, closing within a thousand meters of the giant corpse Buddha in the blink of an eye.

After transforming into mist, his appearance resembled a ferocious ghost, with hundreds of Dao soldiers mixed within.

The Dao soldiers seemed ordinary, but influenced by Xuan Chengzi, their baleful aura intensified, accompanied by faint roars.

Seeing this, Fire Dragonzi frowned and accelerated, bypassing to intercept the rampaging Xuan Chengzi with術法.

"Calm down, don't forget what Senior Brother Lingxiao said, the body has already been occupied by others."

But Xuan Chengzi was already deranged, his semi-corporeal body twisting, even severely injuring the nearby Dao soldiers.

He took a long breath, urgently replying, "Fire Dragonzi, look at this body! They clearly lack the means to repair the damage, what are you hesitating about?"

Fire Dragonzi hesitated for a moment. Indeed, as Xuan Chengzi said, the giant corpse Buddha's flesh was constantly rotting, its aura obviously unstable.

Since the Buddha aura riot began, at least half a month had passed, yet they hadn't even achieved the most basic control over the body.

It was likely that the force within the body was just those alien mortal races from outside the forbidden zone.

"Xuan Chengzi, don't be reckless…"

Before Fire Dragonzi could finish speaking, Xuan Chengzi drove the smoke and dust towards the giant corpse Buddha, quickly reaching the base of its feet.

The other Daoists followed closely, fearing Xuan Chengzi would cause too much commotion.

They carved a cave of a dozen meters in the underground, then resumed their human forms and stood inside, discussing how to deal with the body.

According to Fire Dragonzi, it was best to wait for Daoist Lingxiao to complete his physical reconstruction before finding a way to enter the giant corpse Buddha's body.

However, Xuan Chengzi was already impatient, his whole being becoming extremely agitated.

His face was gloomy as he grabbed a Dao soldier, venting his anger by mauling it, his gaze constantly scanning the giant corpse Buddha, but finding nothing unusual.

"Fire Dragonzi…"

"You want to wait for the Sect Leader to reshape his body, but the Dao soldiers probably won't last long."

"Your actions are too reckless. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

The two began to argue due to their differing opinions, and the Daoists beside them dared not interject.

Xuan Chengzi casually threw the Dao soldier's corpse at Fire Dragonzi's feet, and as a result, the corpse's flesh became swollen shortly after death.

Dozens of dull, twisted faces appeared on the skin's surface, the baleful aura mixed with resentment almost solidifying, likely originating from the tens of thousands of mortals sacrificed during the Dao soldier's creation.

In the end, Fire Dragonzi compromised, realizing that the Dao soldiers indeed couldn't last long.

Even the Dan Dao cultivators were deeply affected by the Dead Man's Forbidden Zone, their physiques becoming neither human nor ghost.

It was also because of the irreversible zombification that they couldn't leave the forbidden zone.

Fire Dragonzi probed the giant corpse Buddha with various methods, repeatedly confirming that there wasn't even a trace of living aura inside.

They then came to the surface, unable to help but look at the terrifying body, simultaneously casting術法, wary of any potential danger.

Fire Dragonzi found the giant corpse Buddha unexpectedly huge.

Although he hadn't seen the scene of the Great Compassionate Maitreya Buddha's Buddha aura descending upon the Dead Man's Forbidden Zone, how could the body be nearly two thousand meters tall?

The giant corpse Buddha's muscles were as hard as bedrock, with one large and one small head, and countless various eyeballs.

Under normal circumstances, as a temporary body, the Buddha aura wouldn't expend too much effort on the giant corpse Buddha.

Either he was overthinking it, or the forces involved in the body were far beyond imagination.

The unease in Fire Dragonzi's heart grew stronger, but the arrow was on the string and had to be released.

The cost of casting撒豆成兵 was too great. Even if the road ahead was a mountain of knives and a sea of flames, they couldn't retreat even a little.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk…"

Xuan Chengzi nodded in satisfaction, then took the lead in rushing towards the giant corpse Buddha's魄門.

The other Daoists felt that Fire Dragonzi was being overly cautious, so they cast術法 and followed behind Xuan Chengzi.

Fire Dragonzi sighed, examining the situation with his celestial eye while hurrying to catch up.

However, they couldn't find the giant corpse Buddha's魄門, so they had to settle for second best, entering the body through the navel in the abdomen.

As for why they didn't go to the mouth and nose, it was mainly because they considered that the Niwan Palace must be heavily guarded. They would first understand the situation locally.

Xuan Chengzi pointed with two fingers, feeling that the true essence after reshaping his body was extremely smooth, easily forming a Dao golden light that cut through flesh and blood.

Fire Dragonzi wasn't in a hurry to go in, instead staring at the insect eyes on the abdomen.

He believed that organs similar to blood-flesh magic tools weren't the style of Buddhism, yet there was residual faint Buddha aura in the body.

"Could it be that in just two hundred years, there have been dramatic changes in Buddhism?"

Just as Fire Dragonzi was pondering, Xuan Chengzi had already cut open the flesh wall leading to the intestines and stomach, and walked straight in without hesitation.

He was shocked as soon as he arrived in the intestines, as if he were in another world.

"What the hell?"

Fire Dragonzi heard Xuan Chengzi's murmur, came back to his senses, and ran into the intestines and stomach, a scene that left him dumbfounded entering his eyes.

Lush green vegetation filled the intestines, and he could hear the sounds of wild animals and birds.

Fire Dragonzi changed his frenzied state, his expression becoming intoxicated.

He seemed to have returned to the sect outside the forbidden zone, located deep in the mountains, with tens of thousands of mortals at the foot of the mountain, also materials raised by the sect to refine Dao soldiers.

At sunrise, he would go to the mountain peak to absorb Qi and cultivate, and at sunset, he would be in the main hall…

Xuan Chengzi's breathing was rapid, his desire to leave the Dead Man's Forbidden Zone becoming even stronger, even his body and soul showing signs of demonic deviation.

The uncontrolled leakage of aura caused the surrounding trees to break and fall.

"Xuan Chengzi, this is definitely not a Buddhist method. If you recklessly…"

Before Fire Dragonzi could finish speaking, he noticed that Xuan Chengzi's body began to deform, not only growing a dozen useless hands and feet, but also forming the face of an infant on his abdomen.

Drool dripped from Xuan Chengzi's mouth, his gaze threateningly sweeping over the many Daoists, then heading towards the intestines.

Some of the Daoists, out of fear of Xuan Chengzi, chose to accompany him.

This time, Fire Dragonzi didn't stop Xuan Chengzi's actions.

Because after witnessing Xuan Chengzi's mutation, for some reason, his body and soul were restless, and subtle mutations appeared in his flesh and blood as well.

Fire Dragonzi couldn't help but think in his heart, "Daoist Lingxiao never said that撒豆成兵 would cause such a situation."

He didn't know that this was the work of a畸形病種.

Seeing Fire Dragonzi staring at Xuan Chengzi, Xuan Ling opened his mouth to remind, "Uncle Fire Dragonzi, should we go to the stomach?"

"No need."

Fire Dragonzi's voice was full of exhaustion. No matter what drawbacks撒豆成兵 had, Xuan Chengzi was courting his own death, a madman.

Naturally, he couldn't be buried with Xuan Chengzi.

Fortunately, Xuan Chengzi only brought more Dao soldiers. Most of the Daoists of the same realm didn't choose to take risks with him.

"Let's go to the internal organs first, then head towards the Niwan Palace, meet up with Senior Brother Lingxiao after he reshapes his body, and then consider what to do."

"Senior Brother Fire Dragonzi, why didn't you stop him? Xuan Chengzi is courting his own death."

The middle-aged female Daoist named Tu Lingzi was a little indignant. If it weren't for Xuan Chengzi's insistence on going his own way, three thousand Dao soldiers would have been enough to flatten the body.

Fire Dragonzi didn't reply, just shook his head with a hint of helplessness.

Then, they began to prepare, and soon left the intestines by cutting through the flesh wall, the jungle returning to calm again.

And in the shadows of the corner of the intestines, there was an eye watching everything.

The owner of the eye was Jiang Feng. He had returned to the Stomach World with the Yin Messenger realm cultivators, while the Ghost Envoy realm cultivators were preparing in various organs.

It wasn't to preserve living strength.

Mainly because after Ren An had refined the giant corpse Buddha, he could open rifts to enter and exit any location within the giant corpse Buddha's body.

Just hold a part of the ghost shadow and communicate with the Stomach World with your mind.

The Yin Messenger realm cultivators were waiting in the Stomach World, also convenient for providing support at any time.

Ren An secretly observed the countermeasures of the Forbidden Soldiers Hall cultivators, not trying to interfere, but letting them formulate strategies.

Among the attacking Dan Dao cultivators, only four had the strength equivalent to the Yin Messenger realm, the remaining Dao soldiers and Daoists were all Ghost Envoy realm.

Li Tiangang listened to Jiang Feng's description of the outsiders, and couldn't help but have a strange expression.

They did plan to differentiate the Dan Dao cultivators, such as using Gu worms that affect the mind, or toxins that dissolve into the air…

As a result, before they could even act, the other party had already begun to fight among themselves.

The only pity was that only one Dan Dao cultivator of the Yin Messenger realm had left the group. The remaining three had to be dealt with collectively.

Li Tiangang pondered for a few breaths, then opened his mouth and said, "Let's do this. Li Yaoyang, you and the Corpse Ghost go and eliminate the isolated cultivator."

Li Yaoyang nodded in agreement, his fingertips still fiddling with the Heavenly Dao insect eggs.

And the Corpse Ghost's spine had been parasitized by the Crab Man, and the restoration of the Corpse Refinement Method had also reached the level of White Zombie, no longer confused in his heart.

The two summoned a rift, but didn't go to the stomach, seemingly waiting for something.

At the same time.

Xuan Chengzi was deeply surprised by the situation inside when he arrived in the stomach.

A temporary camp like a small town was located on the side, and incomprehensible patterns were revealed on the surface of the stomach wall.

The ground was covered with thousands of corpses, and the foul stench immediately rushed into his mouth and nose.

"Uncle Xuan Chengzi…"

Several Dan Dao cultivators who followed Xuan Chengzi were a little regretful.

The situation inside the body was too unexpected. Anyone with eyes could see that there was something wrong with it, as if it was bait on a hook.

A smile rose on the corner of Xuan Chengzi's mouth, muttering, "The path of cultivation I stepped on with the Bright Eye Pill, mere zombies… are not to be feared!!"

When he concentrated his true essence on his eyes, he could clearly feel the Yin energy emitted by the zombies.

However, Xuan Chengzi calmed down after being awakened by Fire Dragonzi.

He knew that his state was a little unusual, so he simply retreated to the temporary camp to stabilize his true essence, letting the Dao soldiers take action.

"Kill!!!"

Tian Fang jumped up, and thousands of zombies no longer concealed themselves, rushing towards the nearest Dao soldiers, and the battle immediately began.

Xuan Chengzi was slightly disdainful. They were just white zombies with undeveloped intelligence, could they possibly turn the world upside down? Fire Dragonzi was too timid.

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