Refining Demons to Become a Taoist: Refining 108,000 Insects at the Beginning.

Chapter 4: Aoki's Life and Death

The Lotus Platform of Creation shone brightly, pulling in the "Green Wood Poison Gas" that had just formed in the void and swallowing it up in an instant.

Chen Ming was greatly surprised, and his spiritual sense sensed the changes in the lotus platform under his seat.

I saw faint lines appearing on the petals of the lotus platform of creation.

After seeing these patterns, Chen Ming finally understood.

“No wonder the Creation Lotus Platform has been silent since it evolved the “One Hundred Eight Thousand Insects” secret technique!”

"So it's to devour the void energy visualized by the soul!"

“When the lotus platform absorbs enough void energy, the patterns will mature and fall off, and it will be another magical secret method!”

Chen Ming knew the root cause of the lotus platform's accident, so he was no longer worried. He visualized and chanted incantations, continuously attracting "Green Wood Poison Gas" for the Creation Lotus Platform to devour and absorb.

The Lotus Platform of Creation swallowed up ninety-nine and eighty-one streams of “Green Wood Poison Gas” before it retracted its light and calmed down.

The patterns on the lotus platform have also become much clearer, but it still looks incomplete. It is still a long way from falling off the lotus platform and transforming into magical powers or secret techniques.

"The lotus platform has swallowed enough today. I need to refine another one and keep it in myself."

Chen Ming's soul was constantly visualizing and chanting in his sea of ​​consciousness. At this point he felt a little tired, and the outside world didn't know how much time had passed.

This is how monks always practice, without knowing the sun and the moon.

Therefore, the practice will not end until it succeeds or fails completely.

Chen Ming was now very familiar with refining the "Qingmu Poison Gas", so even if his mind was a little tired, it didn't matter.

As long as I can attract one more energy, refine it and keep it within myself, it will be enough to cover up the method I am practicing.

"The Eastern Jupiter, the essence of wood, gave birth to Jia and Yi, transformed into green wood, and the sun soul, the essence of water, is invisible..."

As Chen Ming visualized his soul, the void in the east shook, and the Yi Wood Energy manifested and descended again, transforming into a green wood poisonous gas.

This time, without the Lotus Platform of Creation to devour it, Chen Ming's spiritual consciousness flew out, gathered the green wood poison gas, and brought it into the sea of ​​consciousness to refine it.

But once it was refined, the patterns on the lotus platform of creation actually started to move.

Although the lines were incomplete, changes also occurred when Chen Ming refined the green wood poison gas.

The Eastern Yi Wood Energy was originally virtuous, but it turned into poisonous energy when it was drawn by the magic formula.

At this time, after being tempered by the incomplete patterns on the lotus platform of creation, changes occurred again.

The poison gas became more refined and turned into death gas, which intertwined and merged with the original life gas to form a "Qingmu Life and Death Gas".

"I didn't expect that an unformed spell could also be effective and could purify the void energy."

Chen Ming didn't expect there would be such benefits.

He sensed that the "Qingmu Life and Death Qi" he had refined was even more powerful than the previous "Qingmu Poison Gas".

Moreover, the entanglement of vitality and death in it faintly reveals the meaning of yin and yang cycle, which makes it even more magical.

"With this 'Qingmu Life and Death Qi', I am also a Taoist Quanzhen. No one knows my background. Who dares to say that I am a heretic!"

Chen Ming slowly finished his practice and woke up. He held up the Soul Swallowing Jar in his hand, and with a turn of the spell, the "Qingmu Poison Gas" originally stored in the Soul Swallowing Jar began to slowly change, gradually transforming into the "Qingmu Life and Death Gas".

More than half a month had passed by the time all the energy in the Soul-Swallowing Jar was transformed.

Chen Ming put away the Soul-Swallowing Jar, but there was no joy on his face.

During this period, he was not idle and he refined several "Qingmu Life and Death Qi" to protect himself.

However, the Lotus Platform of Creation remained silent, with no signs of absorbing any more void energy, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

“Could it be a problem with the cultivation method? Ling Yangzi’s method can only be cultivated to the visualization realm, and there is no further cultivation beyond that!”

"If you want to cultivate further, you can't just do it behind closed doors. Moreover, if you want the patterns on the Creation Lotus to mature, I'm afraid it will also require more different void energy as nutrients!"

Whatever!

The purpose of cultivation is to seize the spiritual power of heaven and earth and achieve self-improvement, so one cannot avoid going through the world. Otherwise, if one just hides away, when the catastrophe comes, one will just become ashes like Ling Yangzi.

"It's just that I'm unfamiliar with this world, so where should I go to practice?"

Chen Ming's mind moved, connecting with the red spirit insect in the Soul-Swallowing Jar, and looking through the remaining memories of Ling Yangzi's soul that was devoured by it.

After a moment, Chen Ming knew the general idea.

"Ling Yangzi actually has a place to practice, and he has two disciples there!"

"If I hadn't decided to enter the secular world to practice, there might have been disasters in the future!"

"This is a good opportunity to go and take a look, and completely sever the causal relationship with Ling Yangzi!"

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However, outside Luochuan City, there is a high mountain called "Cuiping".

There is a Taoist temple on the mountain.

Because there is a sacred tree in this Taoist temple, which is very efficacious, people often come to make petitions, burn incense and worship. The tree is hung with red ropes and wooden petition plaques.

Over time, people in the city called this place "Shenmu Temple".

In the Taoist temple, there are two young Taoists in the Qi Induction Realm, one is called "Song Yu" and the other is called "Wang Xiu".

The cultivation levels of these two people are not high, but they can be considered to have embarked on the journey of cultivation.

But they were not having a happy time.

This Cuiping Mountain and the Taoist temple are where Ling Yangzi practices.

Song Yu and Wang Xiu are Ling Yangzi's disciples.

But Ling Yangzi was unstable and suspicious. Although he taught the two the method of practicing the Qi Induction Realm, he also planted a poisonous curse on them to prevent them from betraying him.

The two of them were cursed with poison and needed to drink a talisman made by Ling Yangzi every month, otherwise the poison would break out and they would suffer from the pain of being devoured by the souls.

It has been several months since Ling Yangzi went out, and the talisman water he left for them has been used up.

But Ling Yangzi has not returned yet.

Song Yu and Wang Xiu thought that their souls would be devoured by the poisonous gas, but unexpectedly, the poison curse did not take effect.

The two were shocked and scared, not knowing what the reason was.

After several months, the curse still did not take effect, so the two of them guessed that Ling Yangzi might be dead.

But the two did not dare to leave. Although the curse had not taken effect, it still existed in their bodies.

As long as the curse remains unresolved, it will be like a knife hanging over their hearts.

As time went on, the two of them could no longer hold back their thoughts. After several attempts, they finally confirmed that Ling Yangzi had died. Only then did they truly let go of their worries.

"This sacred tree was planted by our master using a secret method, and it also attracted mortals in the city to come and worship it. I don't know what method he used, but this tree has absorbed the incense from the mortal world, and it has become somewhat magical!"

"Song Yu, Ling Yangzi is already dead, and you still call him Master. Haven't we suffered enough from him?" Wang Xiu said angrily.

"Ling Yangzi is dead, but the curse has not been lifted. We don't know when it will break out. We can't just sit there and wait for death!"

Song Yu also changed his tone after hearing this and said, "That's right, the aura of this sacred tree and Ling Yangzi are from the same lineage. Why don't we find a way to refine it? Maybe our skills will improve greatly and we can break the poisonous curse!"

"Well, since we're all waiting to die, let's just give it a try. Who knows, we might still be able to survive!"

After the two of them discussed it and made up their minds, they activated their magic power and began to draw the aura of the sacred tree, refining it into their bodies to break the curse cast by Ling Yangzi.

However, their cultivation was shallow, and they did not know that this sacred tree was a secret method that Ling Yangzi practiced in order to achieve the state of concentration.

The core of the sacred tree is the condensed "Green Wood Poison Gas". Their action is very serious.

(End of this chapter)