The Path to Becoming Immortal

"Hey... I just hope everything goes well for fellow Daoist Ning!"

Seeing Ning Ping's disappearing figure, Kong Lingzi could only sigh.

"Don't worry, this kid is pretty good at escaping!"

Going through dangers is a must for a monk.

Under Ning Ping's insistence, Hu Buwei also vaguely guessed that what the other party did must be extremely important.

Therefore, there is not too much obstruction. Even if he can act together with the other party, he will definitely go there happily.

But unfortunately, judging from the other party's performance, it would be a burden if he and others went together.

Because, from Ning Ping's eyes, we could see the deep worry that he inadvertently showed when he looked at the others.

Of course, there was also the solemn instruction given by Ning Ping to him when he left.

"What I went to do is very important. Remember, no matter what happens, don't leave here! Promise me!"

What they didn't know was that what Ning Ping experienced was a life-or-death farewell that was no different from reality.

This was also the real reason why Ning Ping flatly refused to let them go together. He didn't want any more surprises to happen.

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"Master Kuteng, I'm here, you have to wait for me!"

Ning Ping was speeding towards the living forest. Not long after, the living forest was in sight.

As soon as he got closer, he sensed some changes in the living wood forest, and the corners of Ning Ping's mouth turned up involuntarily.

With the aura of the Tianyi Cauldron, he had an unimpeded path through the living wood forest, and soon arrived at the place where he had set up his back-up plan.

There is a large array specially set up here. As long as someone enters it, it will activate itself.

At this moment, everything in front was shrouded in a thick layer of fog. The formation was complete and not damaged at all. However, after a brief inspection, some signs of the formation being broken were noticed.

Ning Ping rushed into the formation in a flash. With a movement of his mind, the thick fog quickly receded, revealing a haggard gray-haired old man inside.

This is Master Kuteng. At this moment, he is just like his name, shaped like a section of withered vines, sitting cross-legged with a look of despair on his face.

His exposed skin was a dead gray color, and his head was hanging down weakly, making no sound.

However, if you pay careful attention, you can still feel that his body is still shaking very slightly, as if he is trying to resist something.

After a brief inspection, he found that all the energy in his body had been exhausted, and only the remaining vitality in his body maintained the candlelight of life.

As the thick fog dissipated, Master Kuteng realized the abnormality belatedly. He raised his head with difficulty and opened a pair of cloudy eyes to look over.

"Ning... Ning Ping, you have set a trap..." As he spoke, he also revealed a few sparse teeth in his mouth.

"That's right! Do you want to live?" Ning Ping admitted simply. The other party was at the end of his life at this moment.

"What? What do you want?"

After hearing Ning Ping's words, his eyes, which had been absent for a long time, became slightly brighter, and the desire to survive appeared on his face.

"What is the purpose of the vitality formation you have set up here?" Ning Pingping said calmly and without expression.

"What kind of magic is on my body?" Master Kuteng turned his eyes slightly, and then asked Ning Ping.

This is a man worthy of being a man. Even when his life is about to come to an end, he is still extremely calm.

"Wrong answer!" Ning Ping smiled contemptuously, and then stood quietly in silence. He was not the one who was anxious at this time.

After a moment of silence, seeing that Ning Ping had no intention of compromising, Master Kuteng sighed secretly in his heart, and understood that at this time, he had no bargaining chip with the other party at all.

"Looking for something!"

Seeing the other party speaking, Ning Ping secretly smiled in his heart and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Dwelling on the roots of a parasol tree?"

"Ah! How do you know?" Master Kuteng showed an extremely surprised look in his eyes, staring at the other person closely, trying to find some answer from the other person's face.

But then he seemed to think of something, and his expression recovered a little.

It was as if the fatal necromantic curse had become lighter in this extreme surprise.

"Did you also see the illusion? Did you also see the stone peak?!"

When Ning Ping heard this, although he knew some of the answers, he was still slightly stunned when he heard the other party say it himself.

"Sure enough, you have also seen the illusion. When I said it before, many people thought I was crazy! Haha... cough, cough, cough..."

While laughing, Master Kuteng also coughed violently, and even had a sickly blush on his face.

But combined with the grayish complexion on most of his face, it looked extremely weird.

"You're not crazy! That's right! I did see it!" Ning Ping nodded, confirming what the other party was thinking.

"I got a jade slip here before, and then I learned about the Qiwu tree and some of the conditions here. But the most important root of the Qiwu tree is missing! Alas..."

As he spoke, Master Kuteng looked at the distant stone peak hidden in the halo with regret, and finally sighed slightly.

Then, he took a deep breath with difficulty and continued speaking as if he had made up his mind.

"You have also seen that this place exudes a strong aura of death. I accidentally discovered that there are some living roots in this living wood forest..."

After saying just a few words, Master Ku Teng seemed to have consumed too much energy. He stopped to breathe for a while before continuing.

"This living wood forest is the companion of the long-decayed Qiwu tree. As long as we set up the rejuvenation formation and use the same vitality contained in it, we can indicate the location of the Qiwu tree roots and reveal a secret room where they are located. As long as we enter it, we can get the Qiwu tree roots!"

When talking about the Qiwu tree roots, Master Ku Teng's eyes also exuded a strong reluctance, but no matter how precious the things were, they could not be compared with his own life at the moment.

"Now, only I know the rejuvenation formation and the method to enter that secret room! But I want to get half of the tree roots! Otherwise..."

At the end, Master Ku Teng stopped talking and met Ning Ping's gaze with a determined look.

"I'm curious, you've come in so many times, why haven't you got it yet? This is a bit unreasonable!"

"Humph!! You come in every time, in just one year, do you think those living wood roots are so easy to find?"

When it comes to this, a trace of anger and deep resentment appeared on the face of Master Ku Teng.

"I originally planned to find a way to gather all the living wood roots this time, but unfortunately I fell into your trap and lost one in vain! Humph..."

Ning Ping suddenly realized that it was no wonder that this old guy looked painful every time he used the dead wood stick in his hand.