The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing couldn't help but smile wryly, feeling like he had once again influenced ***'s plans.

He faced the rock wall and cast Mirror Immortal, the originally rough surface becoming smooth, then forming a mirror reflecting illusory images.

The darkness in the mirror was incredibly distorted, as if connected to an unknown world.

Ren Qing stepped into it without hesitation, feeling as if his body and soul were being separated, but he forcibly suppressed it.

He continued to traverse the darkness, and after several minutes of walking, a bright and open space appeared.

A dim and humid world within the mirror came into view, filled with a strong smell of blood, and pools of blood that had not yet dried on the ground.

Ren Qing looked up and then helplessly covered his forehead with his hand.

Hanging in mid-air were bodies, almost all of them incomplete and riddled with injuries, with fresh blood seeping from their wounds.

The only complete cultivators were those whose doppelgangers had not yet died, and recklessly taking them out of the mirror world would attract the attention of their respective forces.

When the Forbidden Prison Hall developed the resources of the mirror world, they thought only of draining it dry.

For example, the skull of the Jackal Cultivator, whose hardness was comparable to rare ore, was simply dragged into the stomach world and cut off directly with sharp tools.

And the lungs of the Laughing Lion Monk, because they contained special metals used to refine protective gear, were directly dug out.

Because the Cishi people had a better understanding of Buddhist energy, and were not easily corroded by it, they were the ones who dealt with the Laughing Lion Monk.

It was clear that even after years of vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures, assimilation by the Forbidden Prison Hall was not difficult.

Fortunately, the cultivators in the mirror world were all at the Ghost Envoy realm, with tenacious vitality, and even if they were missing arms and legs, they still survived.

Ren Qing even noticed that some of the bodies, with their missing limbs and organs, had recovered significantly, and could be restored at any time…

He forcibly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind.

The resources from low-realm cultivators were slightly uninteresting to the current Forbidden Prison Hall, while the doppelgangers of high-realm cultivators had not yet died.

After Ren Qing advanced to Mirror Immortal, he had the idea of developing the resources of the mirror world.

He originally planned to continuously restore the injuries of the cultivators, turning the mirror world into a sustainable resource collection point.

But now it seemed that when *** was able to influence the Corpse Immortal, he would definitely release the cultivators in the mirror world together.

Ren Qing's gaze fell on the three bodies in the Heavenly Gu realm, the traces of corpse transformation were very slight.

He had inadvertently caused the Dead Man's Forbidden Zone plan to be launched ahead of schedule. Although the outcome might not be affected, with *** still successfully parasitizing the Corpse Immortal, the Heavenly Gu realm cultivators in the mirror world had not yet completed their corpse transformation.

*** had undoubtedly lost three "chariots" on the chessboard.

Ren Qing couldn't help but admire ***. It was already unbelievable for a mortal to have the courage to plot against immortals and Buddhas, but the most terrifying thing was that he actually had a few percent of certainty.

He pondered secretly, then the ghost shadows under his feet spread out.

Ren Qing had the ghost shadows use the death energy from the stomach world to restore the cultivators' bodies. It would also consume some extra resources to regenerate severed limbs, and he hid undetectable diseases deep in their brains.

For Ren Qing, the resources of the mirror world were insignificant.

The most important thing was to understand the current situation of the immortals and Buddhas in this world, why the Strange Immortal had disappeared, and what the Turbid Immortal represented.

Ren Qing prepared to use ***'s machinations to see the secrets of this world.

In this game of chess, I will also make a move!

He understood that, if nothing unexpected happened, *** wanted to use the various forces to obtain suitable immortal positions, but the path to immortality would surely stir up turmoil in the world.

The diseases that Ren Qing planted in the brains did not emit any spell aura, and even Earth Immortals might not be able to detect them.

He could use the divine power "The World is Like a Dream" to sense the situation of the cultivators infected with the diseases.

After all the bodies of the hundreds of cultivators were fully restored, Ren Qing's eyes locked on the Heavenly Gu realm cultivators hanging in mid-air, but then he withdrew from the mirror world.

In this layout, *** was undoubtedly hidden in the dark, in an invincible position.

But if a suitable immortal position appeared, he would have to come out of the shadows, otherwise he would miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become an immortal.

Ren Qing was also in the dark, but he could get away with it from beginning to end.

If he attacked the three Heavenly Gu realm cultivators, *** would realize that someone had entered the game, which would undoubtedly expose himself, truly picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon.

Ren Qing was somewhat greedy for the internal organs and limbs of the Heavenly Gu realm cultivators, but when he thought about how it might involve immortal positions later, he didn't feel it was a pity anymore.

Heavenly Gu realm materials could indeed benefit the Forbidden Prison Hall greatly, but they were no match for an immortal position.

It should be known that there were only a handful of immortal positions suitable for ***, and there would inevitably be a process of searching. Ren Qing could use this to learn about clues to other immortal positions.

Ren Qing didn't need an immortal position himself, but that didn't mean he wouldn't use it. In the future, when the cultivators of the Forbidden Prison Hall reached the Heavenly Gu realm, they could use it.

He repeatedly explored the mirror world with ghost shadows, and after confirming that nothing was missing, he cast Mirror Immortal.

The mirror appeared, and Ren Qing's figure disappeared into the dark and humid mirror world.

At this moment, a long-lasting chess game had begun, with all living beings, immortals, and Buddhas as pawns, betting on immortal opportunities.

Ren Qing seemed to be in a bustling city, with a delicate chess game at the corner of the street surrounded by onlookers, discussing and trying to break the unfathomable stalemate.

He opened his eyes wide and noticed that an unrecognizable *** was squatting in a corner.

Ren Qing wanted to see clearly, but everything was shrouded in mist, and he didn't even know if there were other chess players.

Fortunately, he was both a chess player and an observer, also in an invincible position.

Ren Qing closed his eyes and felt the noise in the cave. The Forbidden Prison Hall was already preparing to evacuate, and the sound of moving goods was extremely noisy.

He calmed himself down through meditation, and then checked the tortoise shell on his palate.

Ren Qing only lacked two minor spells of the Gluttony Method that had not reached the Yang God realm. With the current Heavenly Dao rift, one thousand and five hundred years of lifespan was not a problem.

[Do you want to choose the branch 'Fire of Suiren', which will consume five hundred years of lifespan]

The Yang God realm of the Food Immortal Method is called "Fire of Suiren", referring to the first flame in the world lit by Suiren.

The moment Ren Qing confirmed, raging flames seemed to ignite in his dantian.

The high temperature spread throughout his body along the blood vessels, and finally returned to his stomach, falling into the stomach world, causing a sudden change inside.

Mountains turned into volcanoes, and hot magma drilled into the mountains from the ground, causing smoke to rise from the top.

The prison guards were shocked to see this, and quickly protected the safety of the demon tribes.

Just after the Food Immortal Method reached the Yang God realm, the volcanoes erupted uncontrollably, turning the sky black and raining sparks.

It was as if a disaster had descended, and the ecosystem was being tormented by magma.

However, when the volcanoes became silent, heavy black rain poured down, and the volcanic ash stained the stomach world with a touch of gray-black.

The flourishing and withering of all things ultimately lies in nutrients, and although volcanic ash brought destruction, it could also increase the foundation of the stomach world.

The Salary King drilled out from the ground and then merged with a volcano.

It seemed to have transformed into a mountain god, able to control the eruption of the volcano to nourish the soil of the stomach world and make the vegetation thrive.

Ren Qing's mind moved slightly, and the old monk who had been taken into the flesh and blood furnace also turned into a Salary King and merged into the mountain where the Heaven Above Heaven was located.

Ren Qing could assign a Salary King to each mountain, but he chose to let the creatures choose their own "mountain god".

The creatures living around the mountains, as long as they were sufficiently respected, could have their souls become mountain gods after death to protect the area.

Ren Qing felt that the stomach world was not far from the real world.

[Do you want to choose the branch 'All Rivers Run into the Sea', which will consume five hundred years of lifespan]

The cracks on the surface of the tortoise shell grew slightly, and the stomach world shook accordingly, with countless water columns soaring into the sky from the depths of the seabed.

The Kunpeng let out a joyful roar and leaped heavily out of the water.

The area of the stomach world expanded several times, completely inflated by the sea of wine. It would take several months to travel around it on the Kunpeng.

At the same time, the ecology of the sea of wine became more unpredictable, and some fish turned the tables, using the terrain to hunt their natural enemies.

It was evident that the stomach world was autonomously giving birth to intelligent creatures.

However, it would probably take a long time for intelligent creatures to form a civilization, and Ren Qing didn't want to deliberately interfere.

After all, the stomach world was composed of the various Forbidden Prison Methods, and intelligent creatures would naturally fit the Forbidden Prison Methods.

After the Gluttony Method advanced to the Immortal of All Beings, the efficiency of the prison guards' cultivation also increased, and even strange objects took the opportunity to advance to the Ghost Envoy realm.

Ren Qing immediately felt that the priority of the stomach world could be increased.

If he could cultivate strange objects faster, it shouldn't be long before dozens of the forbidden corpse's畸变 organs could reach the Yin Messenger realm.

At that time, the strength of the forbidden corpse would be comparable to the Heavenly Gu realm's perfect "Birth of All Things".

If it could go further, the forbidden corpse's strength would display the terror of a pseudo-Earth Immortal, and it would be more than enough to be used as a life-saving trump card.

Ren Qing summoned the information stream, and all the spells had reached the Yang God realm.

[Ren Qing]

[Lifespan: None]

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Shadowless Ghost (Human Skin Book, Armored Skill, Netherworld Method, Dragon Snake Spine)

This World's Yin God (Original Fetal Membrane, Spiritual Marrow Bone Immortal, Underworld Wronged Immortal, Horned Dragon Shedding)

[Divine Power: Dragon's Roar in the Box]

.........

Gluttony Method (Food Immortal Method, Wine God Method, Dao Dao Dao, Rebirth Art)

Avici Hell (Fire of Suiren, All Rivers Run into the Sea, Non-Action Dojo, Rebirth Reincarnation)

[Divine Power: Law, Heaven, and Earth]

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Calamity Elimination Method (Storyteller, Mirror Immortal, Disguise, Tortoise Longevity)

Non-Immortal Gate (Ancient Storytelling, Strange Mirror Hides Immortal, Myriad Faces as One, Surpassing Heaven by Half a Move)

[Divine Power: Walking the Human World]

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Ren Qing estimated that he probably wouldn't have enough time left to advance the spells to the Immortal Ascension Ladder, but at least two spells could reach the Unborn Immortal.

He continued to seclude himself, and tens of thousands of cultivators busied themselves around the cave, as if they were disciplined ant colonies, or maggots in a corpse.

Each branch had already shown unspeakable potential. After gathering hundreds of thousands of people from the Longevity Forbidden Zone, the Forbidden Prison Hall would become a force to be reckoned with.

Ren Qing was a little excited, and a little apprehensive.

It might not be long before the Forbidden Prison Hall would participate in the game of this world, and the ferocious multi-headed insect would eventually show its fangs.

It was hard to imagine that the Forbidden Prison Hall was still a frog in a well in Xiangxiang decades ago.

Ren Qing steadied his mind, mechanically repeating the circulation of Yin energy, and continued to advance his spells in the recovery of the Heavenly Dao rift.

One-third of the cave had already been moved to the stomach world, appearing orderly.

Thanks to Heath Ice Tea, Gu Chui Kai Baby, and Qingpao Muzi for the rewards.