The Secret Way of Immortality

The surroundings were desolate, with white bones and corpses everywhere.

Ren Qing had expected the blood moon to be full, but he didn't expect a notch to appear on one corner, as if it had been bitten off.

The notch was a bloody mess, with a pitch-black liquid gradually seeping out, mixed with countless corpses of Heavenly Dao Insects.

If the two of them weren't mistaken, the liquid was emitting a faint Buddhist light, eroding the flesh and preventing it from healing.

A giant toad-rabbit was lying on the blood moon, its tongue curling up the corpses of Heavenly Dao Insects and stuffing them into its four-lobed mouth to suppress the Buddhist light, which clung to it like a bone-deep disease.

Near it were a large number of monsters, their bodies resembling shrunken humanoid toad-rabbits, and they had already formed towns.

However, the towns appeared dilapidated, and any toad-rabbit cultivator who approached the Buddhist light would immediately weaken and die.

The giant toad-rabbit's tongue paused for a few breaths, and its eyeballs darted around erratically.

"Go!!"

Song Zongwu's expression was solemn, and he quickly urged Ren Qing to leave the full moon layer.

Ren Qing took a deep breath, and his You Yuan slowly converged, their figures returning to the crescent moon layer, still inside that simple cave.

The two of them didn't speak for a long time.

Ren Qing could see that the blood moon had been severely damaged, and the reason for coming to Jing Province was probably to use the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect to recover.

Judging from the corpses of the Heavenly Dao Insects, the Heavenly Dao Insects in Jing Province were probably extinct, leaving only the independent Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect.

Could the blood moon be above the Earth Immortal level?

Ren Qing immediately denied it inwardly, if they were separated by a large realm, even if severely injured, it could still easily crush them, without having to go to such lengths.

It was likely due to the inherent flaws of the Heavenly Dao Insect itself, after all, only those in the Ascension stage (Heavenly Abnormality) could leave their host to survive.

Back then, Heavenly Dao Zi tried to break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao Insect, and although he didn't succeed, he still injured the insect swarm.

The blood moon had been waiting in the dark for a long time, and took the opportunity to launch an invasion of Jing Province.

What Ren Qing was even more wary of was just how terrifying this world was, that even an existence like the blood moon would be severely injured.

That Buddhist light clearly shared the same origin as the spells Song Zongwu possessed.

Seeing Ren Qing's strange expression, Song Zongwu explained with a wry smile, "This spell is related to Buddhism, but I have no related memories, they should have been erased."

Ren Qing could glean some clues from the information stream.

Song Zongwu's spells were all related to the "Nameless Old Monk", which should involve the Buddhist sect of this world, or even immortals and Buddhas.

After witnessing the great terror contained within the blood moon, the two of them had a clear understanding of the situation in Jing Province.

The reason why Jing Province was divided into inner and outer layers was probably due to the blood moon's spells, gradually eroding the vitality of the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect.

In simple terms, when the crescent moon layer was completely transformed into an environment suitable for toad-rabbits, the blood moon would launch an invasion of the new moon layer.

If the new moon layer fell, it would also represent the demise of the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect.

As for that Heavenly Demon Egg, it was just left behind when the Wuwei Taoist Temple was destroyed, and it occupied the Wuwei Hall.

The blood moon couldn't get rid of it either, so it was sealed in the waxing gibbous moon layer.

The hidden danger of the Supreme Heavenly Demon might become a bargaining chip to determine the situation, but it involved Heavenly Abnormality and above, making it difficult to predict.

Song Zongwu shook his head and said, "Ren Qing, you should take the disciples of the Taoist Temple and leave Jing Province."

"Judging from the current situation, the blood moon and the Heavenly Dao Insect have no time to care about anything else, it won't be difficult for you to return to Xiangxiang with the Disaster Elimination Technique you possess."

Ren Qing opened his mouth, just about to reply when he heard Song Zongwu continue, "Remember to have the Jinyi Guard Hall evacuate Xiangxiang as soon as possible, and head south…"

"Then what about you, Senior Song?"

"Every cause has its effect, it is destined by heaven."

"Since traces of Buddhist spells have been discovered in Jing Province, it means that the opportunity for me to advance to the Yang God realm is indeed here."

For Song Zongwu, leaving Jing Province would also clearly mean giving up on advancing to the Yang God realm.

"Wait, it seems there's still a turning point."

Ren Qing got up and paced around the narrow cave.

This world was so dangerous, the Jinyi Guard Hall might encounter existences they couldn't contend with after leaving Xiangxiang.

His means of prolonging life mainly relied on the Dreamland Market, and only the steady development of the Jinyi Guard Hall could provide a steady stream of resources.

If hundreds of thousands of people from Xiangxiang moved into the Abyssal Hell, he was afraid that even providing them with food and clothing would be difficult.

"Senior Song, wait a moment."

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes, and immediately completely converged his You Yuan, thus returning to the new moon layer.

The new moon layer didn't have any demonic aura, but it was permeated with a faint true essence, but not enough for cultivators to reach the Qi Refining stage.

After hesitating for a moment, the ghost shadow under his feet detached from his body and disappeared into the deep mountains and forests, Wu Gui reduced his presence to the extreme.

When the distance was safe enough, the aura of the Heavenly Dao Insect in the ghost shadow gradually revealed itself, causing the white beasts to gallop and the birds to fly in unison.

After pausing for a moment, the ground suddenly vibrated, and the tumbling soil caused the trees to fall.

The Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect was obviously a little excited, wanting to try to communicate with Ren Qing, even at the cost of shifting the nearby mountains.

Ren Qing was betting that the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect couldn't distinguish the ghost shadow Heavenly Dao Insect.

The bet was just one Heavenly Dao Insect, if it was lost to the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect, he should be able to use the information stream to breed a replacement.

But if he succeeded, then the Jinyi Guard Hall could join the game as a player.

The benefits were self-evident, just the tens of thousands of people in Jing Province who had not yet been transformed into demon cultivators were a considerable fortune.

Ren Qing was also afraid of being discovered by the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect, and prepared to go to a deeper level.

The moment the two consciousnesses came into contact, countless miscellaneous thoughts from the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect swarmed in, almost overwhelming the ghost shadow.

The Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect was obviously tightly restricted by the blood moon, and coupled with the fact that the Earth Immortal stage rarely communicated after transforming into spiritual veins, its intelligence was not obvious.

Its thoughts were very simple, just two words.

"Reproduce."

Only if the population was large enough could it resist the erosion of the blood moon.

A bulge rose in front of the ghost shadow, and a large number of Heavenly Dao Insect eggs were squeezed out from the ground.

Ren Qing was taken aback, but quickly discovered that these Heavenly Dao Insect eggs were all dead eggs, and the larvae inside had long lost their breath.

He controlled the ghost shadow to take away the Heavenly Dao Insect eggs, and then indicated that he wanted to go to the inner layers of Jing Province.

The Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect was obviously a little dissatisfied, but its thoughts only remained on "reproduction", constantly emphasizing it with its consciousness.

Ren Qing's plan was to use the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect to maintain the crescent moon layer, even if most of it was occupied by the blood moon, at least a small piece had to be retained.

In this way, the blood moon couldn't go to the new moon layer, and the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect was barely surviving, naturally benefiting the fisherman.

He patiently listened to the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect chattering for several hours before it gradually stopped.

Seeing that the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect had no reaction, Ren Qing prepared to return to the crescent moon layer, but the ground began to vibrate again.

Dense true essence rushed towards him, giving him a sudden feeling of suffocation.

Hundreds of meters of broken insect skin squeezed onto the ground, the source of the true essence was this thing, equivalent to a small spiritual vein.

The Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect repeated the word reproduction several times, before its consciousness fell into a deep sleep again.

Ren Qing had the ghost shadow drag the insect skin to his side, the moment the insect skin was taken into the Prison in his stomach, You Yuan pulled him back to the crescent moon layer.

The information stream surged.

[Insect Molt]

[Shed by an Earth Immortal stage Heavenly Dao Insect, it requires over a hundred years of excess nutrition to gestate, burying it underground can form a spiritual vein lasting for five hundred years.]

Ren Qing swallowed.

As expected of the Earth Immortal stage, with the spiritual vein transformed from the insect molt, the disciples of the Taoist Temple could continuously obtain You Yuan, using it to replenish the Heavenly Dao Insect.

The Yang God realm of the Netherworld Art was within reach, and it could save thousands of years of lifespan.

As for those dead Heavenly Dao Insect eggs, they couldn't be underestimated either, they should be able to be used to refine Strange Embryo artifacts, maybe they would have some wonderful uses.

Ren Qing stood in the cave for a long time before he came back to his senses, Song Zongwu waited patiently by the side, his eyes filled with doubt.

"Senior Song, we can summon the Jinyi Guard Hall…"

Ren Qing told Song Zongwu about the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Insect, as for why he cultivated the Heavenly Dao Art, he directly attributed it to chance.

Although Song Zongwu wasn't surprised, he was still frightened by Ren Qing's boldness.

He dared to cultivate such a flawed art as the Heavenly Dao Art, was he afraid that he was living too comfortably, or did he think that he could do whatever he wanted because he had good talent?

"You…"

Song Zongwu didn't know what to say, so he simply came to the Immortal Market with his consciousness, and quickly discovered the insect molt in the corner of the Prison in his stomach.

His consciousness returned to his body, and he looked at Ren Qing with a complicated expression, smiling wryly, "Even if we can participate in Jing Province with the insect molt, the risk is too…"

"We don't need to take the initiative to attack, we can bury the insect molt on the edge of Jing Province, even if we encounter danger, we can evacuate directly."

Ren Qing's idea was very clear, mainly to defend instead of attack, anyway, the toad-rabbit cultivators obviously needed an environment filled with demonic aura, and it was impossible for them to adapt to the harsh environment of the swamp.

"Since you've said so, it seems that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."

After thinking for a few breaths, Song Zongwu added, "Ren Qing, you should know that there's an area where Jing Province borders the swamp that's covered by a Yang God stage forbidden zone?"

Ren Qing suddenly realized, "It seems so."

"Let's use the opposite corner of that place as the base of the Jinyi Guard Hall, the range of influence of the Yang God stage forbidden zone is extremely large, and the pressure of defense will be less."

Song Zongwu headed out of the cave, "I'll go and notify the Jinyi Guard Hall immediately."

Jing Province was full of pseudo-Yang God stages formed by taking shortcuts, how could the Jinyi Guard Hall refuse, and besides, the corpse of the Wine Meat Taoist wouldn't last long, they had to strengthen themselves as soon as possible to deal with the crisis.

"There's one more thing."

Song Zongwu paused slightly, and said in a deep voice, "While the Jinyi Guard Hall is on its way, we can just deal with Jing Province."

"In that case, I don't plan to let go of any of the people of Jing Province other than the demon cultivators, let's just take them all away."

Song Zongwu nodded, "I estimate that there aren't many survivors left in the other towns of Jing Province, but I still plan to go and take a look."

"I'll leave Qingyan Town to you."

"I have at least three or four kinds of spells, it's not a big problem to deal with some strange anomalies."

A strange smile appeared on Ren Qing's face.

Strange anomalies can't be completely eliminated, but it doesn't mean they can't be killed, using this to test the limits of his strength, so that he can have a bottom line in his heart.

Now that the toad-rabbit cultivators haven't descended yet, this is the last carnival.

It's been so many years since I heard the name of Wuwei Taoist Temple, I guess they've already forgotten, right?

Thanks to Heath Ice Tea, Xu Changhuan, Yang Yang, ABC Theory, Looking for a good book 1, hongooooo, Mediocre person, Great Great Great Monster, It's Beast Beast not being beaten's rewards.