The Secret Way of Immortality

Song Zongwu slapped his arm with force.

Bang!!!

A deafening sound echoed, and the resulting shockwave sent the surrounding fire workers flying, knocking them unconscious.

Only Ren Qing barely managed to maintain some semblance of awareness, and thus had to continue enduring the torment.

Mastering the Human-Skin Book was taking longer than he had imagined, and he had no energy to spare to pay attention to what was happening.

Song Zongwu opened his palm, and the human face didn't seem to be too damaged, even emitting a piercing, strange laughter.

He slapped out several more times.

The arrogant smile on Song Zongwu's face slightly receded as he discovered that the human face was like a maggot clinging to bone, desperately trying to burrow into his body.

"You really think you can do anything to me?"

He tore the human face, along with its flesh, off and threw it directly against the wall.

The wall instantly caved in, creating a deep pit, but the effect on the human face was not significant. It crawled through the cracks in the bricks, intending to absorb the fire workers to recover its injuries.

Just then, hundreds upon thousands of centipedes surged in from outside the passageway, surrounding everyone, including Ren Qing.

"Ha!"

Song Zongwu seized the opportunity, using the force of his legs to close the distance, and smashed the human face with a punch.

Although the human face reassembled, its size was significantly reduced, and its originally venomous expression became extremely fearful.

"Elder Song, the fragments of the Human-Skin Book have all been obtained, leaving only this human face."

Li Yaoyang slowly walked into the staircase.

His bamboo hat had been removed, and his appearance seemed no different from ordinary people, but various kinds of insects were present in his opened mouth.

The human face was forced into a corner by the centipedes, and Li Yaoyang prepared to press his advantage.

Bai Guniang, a half-beat late, saw the scene and instinctively drew the long sword from her waist, throwing it without hesitation.

The long sword cut a graceful arc, pinning the human face to the wall, unable to move, but Li Yaoyang's head was also cut in half as a result.

Li Yaoyang subconsciously touched his head, discovering his hands covered in blood and brain matter.

He said with a hint of helplessness, "Bai Guniang, I told you not to draw your sword..."

Bai Guniang replied faintly, "I understand, so my swordsmanship is this strong."

Li Yaoyang stopped himself, ultimately turning it into a helpless sigh, and then hundreds of maggots covered the wound, causing his head to slowly recover.

He turned to Song Zongwu and said, "Elder Song, you see, although the danger level of this forbidden area is not high, it is still very troublesome."

Song Zongwu snorted coldly. He had to admit in his heart that if they had rashly entered the forbidden area, they would indeed have been at risk of being possessed.

Song Zongwu grabbed the human face, tore it in half, and handed it to Li Yaoyang: "The strangeness formed by the Human-Skin Book cannot be detected unless seen with the naked eye."

"Yes, being careful is never wrong."

Li Yaoyang raised his right hand, and the dense mass of centipedes returned to his body.

"I will use brain-eating worms to blur the memories of these fire workers. Although they will still barely remember, at least they won't go crazy because of it, and also..."

Speaking of this, Li Yaoyang's tone became excited: "Those few emptied corpses are really interesting."

Song Zongwu waved his hand indifferently and said, "Do whatever you want with them."

Li Yaoyang returned to his bland appearance, and he began to clean up the corpses in the prison, throwing them all into the pits dug by the centipedes.

At this time, Ren Qing was no longer in serious condition. He first checked his information.

【Ren Qing】

【Age: Seventeen】

【Lifespan: Four Years and Ninety-Three Days】

【Technique: No-Eye Method, Human-Skin Book】

Mastering the Human-Skin Book directly reduced his lifespan by a year, which was truly heartbreaking.

Ren Qing was also a bit confused. It was clear that the No-Eye Method only consumed thirty days, could it be related to the cost of exemption?

Lifespan aside for now.

A new sprout had grown in his mind, and after gently touching it with his consciousness, the branches of the Human-Skin Book appeared before his eyes.

【Skinner: Skinning to Substitute Death】

【Skin Refiner: Refining Skin with Self】

【Husbandman: Husbandry with Humans】

After briefly checking, Ren Qing canceled the information stream.

However, he didn't dare to open his eyes, and had to feign unconsciousness to avoid attracting the attention of the prison guards.

Song Zongwu yawned, appearing a little impatient, and said, "Release the brain-eating worms, it's about time to leave."

Li Yaoyang nodded, and then a black beetle the size of a fingernail crawled out of his left ear and flew into the mouths of all the fire workers present.

Ren Qing was no exception. He used his teeth to firmly prevent the black beetle from entering his oral cavity, lest the brain-eating worm damage his brain.

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A moment later, the brain-eating worm crawled back into Li Yaoyang's ear.

Song Zongwu and the other two turned and left.

Ren Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If the other party had focused on harming people, he would definitely not have been able to stop them.

Suddenly, Song Zongwu stopped, his six eyes scanning the surroundings, and when he saw Ren Qing, a hint of a different color appeared on his face.

He poked Ren Qing with his toe, and then muttered to himself.

"It is said that every ten years, one book in the world will transform into a Human-Skin Book. The place with the most books in our yamen should be the Martial Arts Field, right?"

Song Zongwu walked straight out of the prison, leaving the mess on the ground to Zhao Shuli.

The yamen urgently transferred the yamen runners from various districts, and the unconscious fire workers were also carried out of the prison and specially treated by doctors.

Ren Qing continued to play dead, truly frightened by Song Zongwu.

When the other party touched him, the information also appeared.

【Song Zongwu】

【Age: Eighty-Six】

【Lifespan: Two Hundred and Fifty-Three Years】

【Technique: Asura Method (Four-Armed Yama)???】

【???】

A series of question marks appeared later, it seems that when facing Song Zongwu, whose strength far exceeded Ren Qing's, the information obtained was difficult to fully ascertain.

As for why "Asura Method" could be displayed, it might just be because Song Zongwu demonstrated the Asura Method, and the other hidden methods were difficult to know.

【The Asura Method was created by an unknown ascetic monk. The cultivation requirements are to be born with congenitally disabled arms, and to experience the five major Buddhist precepts without falling, and to grow arms upon completion.】

【The Four-Armed Yama is promoted from the Three-Armed Judge】

Judging from the description of the Asura Method, Song Zongwu should have a good character, so what was the deep meaning behind his actions before leaving?

Ren Qing vaguely had a guess, but he was not in a hurry to verify it. Instead, after the doctor checked his body, he returned to the Fire Worker Hall.

Thirty-five fire workers survived, mainly because the prison guards took action in time, and the human face was delayed by Ren Qing for some time.

The few who died unexpectedly in the staircase were mostly caused by being trampled by the crowd.

As for Xiao Wu and the others, they honestly stuck to the wall and did not run around.

The fact that all the fire workers from Tan Street survived was a rare case. Some with poorer luck, even the bodies of the five who went were not intact.

However, as long as they are yamen runners employed by the yamen, they have already prepared for death, and their family members can receive a generous pension.

Because of the brain-eating worms, the survivors forgot what happened in the prison, and their spirits were all listless, and they would need some time to slowly recover.

Naturally, Ren Qing didn't want to appear special, so he honestly stayed in his room for a few days.