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

Chapter 5: The Spirit Binding Tree
The sacred tree is in a Taoist temple, and has received incense and worship from mortal world. The core of the tree was formed by a secret method.

Now I have acquired considerable spirituality.

After being trained by Song Yu and Wang Xiu, he immediately resisted and moved without wind.

The red ropes and wooden signs on the tree swayed, making rustling sounds.

The sound was mixed with a hint of incense, which quietly penetrated into Song Yu and Wang Xiu's bodies.

But the two of them were unaware of it and just thought that they had refined the spiritual power of the sacred tree and their cultivation was improving.

If they continue to practice like this, Song Yu and Wang Xiu will eventually be turned into bound spirits by the sacred tree. They will be bound to the sacred tree from then on, losing their minds and being driven like puppets.

When their bodies age in the future, their souls will become nutrients.

At that time, the sacred tree will acquire the distracting thoughts of human souls, and its spirituality will turn into thoughts, and it will completely develop intelligence and become a monster.

"Hey, the sacred tree has a spirit and doesn't want to be refined. The two of them are also trying to survive. You are not wrong. The one who is wrong is Ling Yangzi!"

A faint voice came.

Then, a monk holding a blue-gray jar in his hand and with illusory flesh wings on his back appeared in the Taoist temple.

The person who came was Chen Ming, who found this place based on Ling Yangzi's soul memory.

Although the sacred tree is spiritual and has some protective abilities due to the incense it receives, it operates entirely based on instinct.

If we attack secretly and deal with the unprepared Qi Induction Realm cultivator, there is still some chance of success.

But the sacred tree is instinctively afraid of cultivators who have reached the state of visualization.

When it sensed Chen Ming's aura, it knew it couldn't afford to provoke him.

But Song Yu and Wang Xiu had already fallen into its trap, and they were the ones who refined it first, but they refused to give up!
The sacred tree shook more violently, emitting a large amount of incense aroma mixed with poisonous gas.

Such a drastic change instantly awakened Song Yu and Wang Xiu, who were in confusion.

The two of them broke out in cold sweats and realized their situation.

Unfortunately, it was too late. They were already entangled and bound by the roots of the sacred tree and could not escape.

Moreover, the magic power in his body was also eroded by the incense emitted by the sacred tree, and could not be used at this time.

"Senior, help!"

"We both wanted to refine the sacred tree just to survive!"

Song Yu and Wang Xiu were not stupid people. They heard Chen Ming mention Ling Yangzi's name in his words, and his tone was not polite.

He knew that Chen Ming's strength was not weaker than Ling Yangzi, and the chance to survive was right in front of him.

"Senior, although we are Ling Yangzi's disciples, we are actually controlled by his curse and cannot be free!"

"Please save our lives, Senior. From now on, I will serve you like a slave and accept your orders in return for your kindness!"

The two shouted loudly, hoping that Chen Ming would come to their rescue.

Chen Ming pondered for a moment, with a green light flashing in his eyes, sensing the aura on them.

When the green light in his eyes died down, he had almost completely investigated Song Yu and Wang Xiu's background.

Ling Yangzi was cautious by nature and had a narrow mind. The method of cultivation he passed on to the two of them was incomplete and barely enough to allow them to enter the Qi Induction Stage.

Not to mention any secret techniques or magical powers.

"You two are quite honest. You have cultivated Ling Yangzi's poison path, and your spiritual power is not turbid. When ordinary people in the city come to worship the tree, no dirty things happen. You have good intentions."

Hearing Chen Ming's words, Song Yu and Wang Xiu were delighted and bowed hurriedly.

"Senior, please be wise. We are both honest people from the city below the mountain. We were brought up the mountain by Ling Yangzi. We thought we had found an immortal fate, but we never thought that after practicing magic, we would end up like this."

"Over the years, we have been controlled and forced to guard the sacred tree and do hard labor. We have never done anything that would harm others!" Song Yu and Wang Xiu said this sincerely, without any lies.

Chen Ming could tell the difference, so he wasn't afraid that the two of them might cause any trouble.

The poison curse on them was not some profound magic, but simply the "Green Wood Poison Gas" mixed with magic power.

Chen Ming's magic power turned, and a green wood life and death energy appeared at his fingertips. It flew out and passed through Song Yu and Wang Xiu, and the poison curse was broken.

Along with the restraints of the sacred tree on them and the aroma of incense in their bodies, they also dissipated.

Song Yu and Wang Xiu’s lives were saved, and they bowed to Chen Ming.

The spirit of the sacred tree sensed the crisis, and trembled violently, constantly retracting its own spiritual power to conceal its magical power.

Seeing this, Chen Ming couldn't help but smile and said, "Although you were trained by Ling Yangzi, you have now developed spirituality. If you can be used by me, I will naturally not kill you!"

After hearing Chen Ming's words, the sacred tree became obedient. It stretched out its branches, emitted bursts of green light, and revealed the heart of the wood.

Its root is the wooden heart that is cultivated through secret methods. All the spirituality and incense of the body are contained in the wooden heart.

Once the wood heart is damaged, it will be a disaster for it.

But at this moment, its spiritual instinct made it surrender to Chen Ming.

"You are quite sensible!"

Chen Ming smiled slightly, and his spiritual sense enveloped the wooden heart and began to examine it.

It turns out that this wooden heart and the sacred tree were both attempts made by Ling Yangzi in order to break through the realm and achieve the state of concentration.

Ling Yangzi used a secret method to mix the "green wood poison gas" to cultivate the wood heart, transforming it into this sacred tree, allowing it to accept incense from the mortal world, thereby giving rise to spirituality and magic.

When the spirituality and incense of the sacred tree reach a certain level, it will transform into a deity.

At that time, the divine spirit will be suppressed and refined by Ling Yangzi, merged with the divine soul, and achieve the state of concentration.

"Is this the way to achieve the state of concentration?"

Chen Ming withdrew his spiritual thoughts, but he had a vague feeling that Ling Yangzi's method of breaking through the state of concentration seemed to be a little off track.

But now, there is no other method to refer to and compare, so Chen Ming has to put this matter aside for the time being.

"I have just entered the Visualization Realm, so I will slowly prepare to break through to the Concentrated Spirit Realm. I will learn more about how to break through to the Concentrated Spirit Realm before making any further considerations!"

"Besides, I still have the Creation Lotus Platform. If I practice a few more different void energies, when the spells on the Creation Lotus Platform mature, I might be able to evolve a better method!"

Chen Ming withdrew his divine consciousness and at the same time erased the mark left by Ling Yangzi in Mu Xin's heart.

Moreover, he transformed the control mark in Namu's heart into his own Qingmu Life and Death Qi.

"It's your good fortune to meet me. If it were someone else, you would probably be destined to be refined!"

Seeing that Chen Ming had indeed let it go and only changed the means of control without harming its spirituality, the sacred tree hurriedly put away the wooden heart, swayed it, and became more intimate with Chen Ming.

After controlling the sacred tree and learning a method to break through to the state of concentration, Chen Ming was in a good mood and looked around the Taoist temple.

This Taoist temple is located on the top of Cuiping Mountain, which is where the spiritual energy of Cuiping Mountain gathers.

If mortals want to climb up the mountain from the bottom, they can only reach the destination by walking up a 9,999-step stone staircase.

Only those who worship sincerely will take the trouble to come here.

Although the inspiration here is not as good as those blessed places, it is not bad either and is enough for cultivation.

The sacred tree has been controlled by me, and it is not easy to move it for the time being. It would be better to settle here first, Chen Ming thought in his mind.

(End of this chapter)