The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing suspected that the Qingfeng Refining Qi Method was not the mainstream technique for cultivators in Jingzhou.

After all, the Qingfeng Refining Qi Method was modified based on the introductory method of the Heavenly Dao and its hidden flaws could be seen at a glance.

There was still some hope for Taoist Fufeng to use it to advance to the Core Formation stage, but the Nascent Soul stage was absolutely impossible, as the path ahead was already cut off.

He constantly tried to modify the Netherworld Art, but with little success.

After wasting an entire night, Ren Qing reluctantly chose to give up exploring the technique and focused his main energy on building the Ghost Market.

He had already figured out a way to transform the Dream Seed into a Ghost Market, but he needed to refine the details.

If he could open a Ghost Market in Jingzhou, the efficiency of prolonging life would be greatly increased, and he could also obtain various Heavenly Dao techniques.

In the future, he might even be able to allow the two Ghost Markets to exchange resources.

However, Ren Qing estimated that he would have to wait until all three Dream Realm techniques were promoted to the Fusion Yin stage before considering it, because it would be difficult to integrate the techniques before that.

Ren Qing continued to cultivate in seclusion, assuming that Chen Street was relatively stable for the time being.

But before a few days had passed, dense footsteps suddenly sounded outside, mixed with the heavy breathing of many people.

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes.

It was actually normal for people to die in Chen Street, even if they understood the taboos of the existence of strange entities, they could not avoid attracting them due to accidents.

It was said that Old Man Chen next door had not locked his doors and windows tightly, which led to them being blown open by the night wind.

As a result, his entire family became food for the Hu Yi, who even used intestines to spell out "Hu Yi", as if the strange entity was hinting at something.

Ren Qing originally did not care about the outside noises and planned to continue perfecting the Ghost Market that was about to take shape, but the sound of coffins being carried appeared one after another.

He quickly walked out of the courtyard.

The flow of people on the street had decreased a lot, and a sense of panic enveloped the area.

The stalls selling meat had disappeared, and the ground was covered with a layer of paper money, indicating that several coffin-carrying teams had passed by.

Just as Ren Qing was stunned, another coffin was carried out of Sanmu Alley.

The corpse had already been placed in the coffin, but the corpse itself was only a skeleton, and the flesh and blood had been stripped clean.

The source of the disaster was in the most remote location of Chen Street.

Seeing this, Ren Qing went to the residential area, where he could see people rushing in and out.

They all looked extremely terrified, desperately covering their mouths and noses with their hands.

Because of the Cuan Tong, they could not speak, which deepened the strange atmosphere of Chen Street, like a ridiculous silent play.

"What's that smell?"

Ren Qing's nose twitched, as a foul odor wafted through the alley.

It was a burnt, sour stench that would definitely make ordinary people nauseous, and even cause dizziness if they stayed here for a long time.

He passed through the narrow alley, turned east and west, and stopped.

He saw hundreds of residents gathered in front of a courtyard, seemingly waiting for something.

With the vision of his heavy pupils, Ren Qing easily noticed the surrounding scene, and a dozen pairs of eyes peeking in the dark.

The woman squatting under the banyan tree, seemingly preparing to dry clothes, actually possessed the cultivation of the Core Formation stage, her eyes filled with greed.

The child playing with mud in the corner was actually a dwarf over thirty years old, whose cultivation was even stronger than the woman's.

………

Ren Qing did not expect the situation to be so complicated, as he restrained his aura and looked into the courtyard.

An iron pot was placed in the open space, with firewood crackling, and steam rising from the pot, like the one used by vendors to stew meat on weekdays.

However, the iron pot was not filled with scattered pieces of meat, but with the corpse of a man.

The corpse's skin was swollen and bloated, and the flesh and blood were almost stewed rotten.

The blisters gradually bubbled up, and the corpse had obviously been in the iron pot for some time, as the flesh and blood were about to come off the bones.

Of course, if that were all, it would not have caused the residents of Chen Street to be so distraught.

The main reason was that the words "Infant Fox" were painted on the wall with blood.

A look of doubt appeared on Ren Qing's face, he felt that it did not seem like the means of a strange entity, but rather a cultivator deliberately imitating a strange entity to kill people.

Just as he was about to continue checking the situation in the courtyard, he noticed the sound of coffins being carried, and the crowd in the alley took the initiative to separate.

Four strong men carried the coffin into the courtyard and placed it at the entrance.

After the lid was opened, Coffin Old Man slowly climbed out, emitting a foul stench of corpses, which actually suppressed the smell of meat.

When the people saw this, they did not dare to disturb Coffin Old Man, and looked like they trusted him more.

Ren Qing quietly squeezed into the crowd, only a few meters away from the courtyard wall.

He did not hide himself, but stood openly outside the door, staring intently at the corpse being cooked with his heavy pupils turning.

Coffin Old Man quickly discovered Ren Qing, and looked at him with a somewhat surprised expression, not expecting that the other party lived nearby.

However, even though several days had passed, Ren Qing's cultivation had not improved at all, and he still had a faint trace of true essence.

His talent was really too ordinary.

Coffin Old Man waved his hand, signaling Ren Qing to stay away as much as possible, he had previously thought that the other party was some kind of innate immortal body, but on second thought, it was not realistic.

Even spirit roots were rare, how could Chen Street produce an immortal body.

Coffin Old Man turned his gaze to the corpse and carefully examined it.

After a long time, he walked out of the courtyard and said, "It is indeed a strange entity…"

The people were in an uproar, and some women even couldn't help crying, as everyone felt the shadow of death hanging over their heads.

"Before figuring out the taboos of the strange entity, do not use iron pots, do not eat meat, and it is best to eat some dry food to satisfy your hunger…"

Coffin Old Man's voice was not loud, but the people present could hear it clearly.

Ren Qing was puzzled.

It was clearly a cultivator killing and cooking a corpse, could they determine that it was done by a strange entity just because of "Infant Fox", was this too hasty?

He found that the cultivators observing in the dark became excited and fearful, and they all could not wait to leave the residential area.

The people gradually dispersed with dazed expressions, as they still needed to devote themselves to their daily work, after all, their rations had not yet been settled.

Ren Qing could sense that there was murderous intent targeting ordinary people, as if a massacre was about to unfold at any time.

Seeing that the cultivators were no longer paying attention to this place, Ren Qing did not rush to leave the residential area, but instead stepped towards the courtyard.

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With Coffin Old Man's cultivation, he must have also seen the abnormality, and since he showed no indication, it was likely that he defaulted to similar situations happening.

Ren Qing could tell from the people's attitude towards Coffin Old Man that respect was greater than fear, indicating that he did not kill innocent people indiscriminately on weekdays.

Coffin Old Man put the corpse into the coffin that he had just been lying in, but the flesh and blood had basically been dissolved for the most part, and flies gathered around.

"Ren Qing, you're here at the right time, help me move the coffin."

The timing of his words was very clever, just after all the nearby cultivators had disappeared, showing that he did not have too much malice towards Ren Qing.

Ren Qing approached Coffin Old Man and tentatively asked, "Coffin Old Man, it's more troublesome for you to deal with the corpse alone, why not find a helper?"

Coffin Old Man ignored Ren Qing and continued to carry the corpse seriously.

After the entire corpse had been loaded into the coffin, he replied, "Life is not easy on Chen Street, do you want to learn how to make coffins from me?"

Coffin Old Man's attitude towards Ren Qing was lukewarm and somewhat strange, although he did not harbor hostility, he did not intend to help him either.

Ren Qing smiled sheepishly and did not answer, it would be best if he could obtain a technique from Coffin Old Man, but if not, there were other ways.

Coffin Old Man shook his head and said, "Your aptitude is too poor, it can be seen from your appearance that you have almost no hope of establishing a foundation…"

Ren Qing listened to Coffin Old Man's long speech and asked as a last resort, "Coffin Old Man, is the third strange entity about to appear on Chen Street?"

"The killer is not a strange entity, but it doesn't matter anymore, the Infant Fox is coming…"

"Do you know the origin of the strange entities?"

Ren Qing shook his head.

He had not even seen the main body of the strange entities, so naturally he could not guess out of thin air.

"When you reach the Qi Refining stage, you will find that there is a huge blood moon in the sky, and gazing at it for a long time will take you to the underworld."

Coffin Old Man explained vaguely, "The strange entities are demons from the underworld, they are transformed from resentment, and they are almost immortal…"

Through the known clues, Ren Qing suddenly came to a conclusion in his heart.

"The more people who know the names of the strange entities, will they become more powerful?"

Coffin Old Man looked at Ren Qing in surprise, and couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart, but he still answered calmly, "To be precise, the more people who know them, the closer the strange entities will get… to the current Chen Street."

No wonder the strange entities spread their names?

Ren Qing's heart trembled, he had seen many unmatched monsters in the waning moon and gibbous moon, which were likely to be the main bodies of the strange entities.

The human-faced spider that was hundreds of meters tall, and the towering giant that was thousands of meters tall…

If they really came to the Remnant Moon layer, it would almost be a one-sided massacre, and the condition for their descent was simply spreading their names.

Ren Qing's pupils dilated, and he suddenly understood why the memories of relatives and friends were erased by the blood moon after mortals were pulled into the Remnant Moon layer.

It was clearly to prevent the names from being spread, causing the creatures of the Remnant Moon layer to return to the New Moon layer.

To the people of the ordinary world, the residents of Chen Street were not just a bunch of demons…

In this way, the cultivators who relied on techniques to attain enlightenment and transcendence were actually the same as Ren Qing, all stowaways from the New Moon layer.

Ren Qing guessed that the Cuan Tong and Hu Yi of Chen Street had not completely descended, and their main bodies were probably still in the waning moon.

As for the Infant Fox, it would take a few days to gradually reveal its existence.

The strange entities were confined to Chen Street, like a prison for inmates.

The reason why Qingyan Town sealed off Chen Street was to prevent the names of the strange entities from spreading on a large scale, causing their main bodies to be pulled into the Remnant Moon layer.

Providing the most basic food to Chen Street was just like boiling frogs in warm water.

It was to prevent the people from becoming desperate and spreading the names to Qingyan Town through various channels.

Coffin Old Man pointed to the iron pot and said with a fake smile, "Do you think it's important whether it's a strange entity or not?"

Ren Qing suspected that some cultivators were taking risks to contact the strange entities, probably to obtain some benefits, otherwise it would not be at the expense of harming others.

The situation on Chen Street was more complicated than imagined, seemingly isolated in Qingyan Town, but in reality, the forces were intertwined, each with their own agenda.

"Just let the Infant Fox descend?"

"It's none of my business anyway, do you think I'm going to risk my life to stop it?"

Coffin Old Man glanced at Ren Qing and said, "Some lunatics will kill people in the name of finding the spreaders, don't die too miserably."

Ren Qing became interested, the Ghost Market had a use for it.

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