The Secret Way of Immortality

The entrance to the bottomless cave was covered with a large number of thorns, making it impossible to see the cave hidden inside from the outside, its darkness leading straight to the depths of the earth.

Hu Wen and two barely humanoid fox demons waited quietly not far away.

After a moment, the soil broke open, and a plump flayed rat demon emerged onto the ground.

Hu Wen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked, "Jin Mao, what's the situation with the bottomless cave?"

Jin Mao chuckled and shook his head, "How dare I dig into the cave? Just getting close makes me feel a soul-stirring aura. If I were to get tainted by it, I'm afraid... tsk tsk tsk."

Hu Wen's face darkened, and just as he was about to say something, Jin Mao quickly explained, "But I've figured out the old toad's location. It shouldn't be too far from the cave entrance."

"That's good. I accepted a mission in the Immortal's Dream Realm. If I can find any clues in the bottomless cave, the demon immortal will definitely reward me handsomely."

Although Wuwei City was completely sealed off, Ren An used the mission to exchange for some useful information, considering that the demons were outside the city.

Anyway, it was just an empty-handed trick.

Hu Wen, however, felt that he could take the opportunity to please the demon immortal, and a trace of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.

"Let's wait for the other fellow cultivators to arrive. Relying on just a few of us is still a bit difficult."

Jin Mao didn't respond with a bitter face.

He felt that it would be good if even a few of the so-called fellow cultivators came to the bottomless cave. Most of them were cowards who were afraid of death.

The demons waited for a long time.

The result was indeed as Jin Mao had expected. Only a tiger demon named Zhang Yi came, the latter simply because his mountain was only half a day away from here.

Zhang Yi possessed the immortal technique, the No-Eye Technique, and was covered in eyes.

As soon as he arrived at the bottomless cave, he immediately realized that, including himself, there were only six demons, and he immediately felt that he had been tricked by Hu Wen.

Hu Wen cursed in his heart even more.

When they discussed matters at the demon market a few days ago, a full hundred demons had promised to come, but in the end, they all chose to retreat at the last minute.

It was probably because they were frightened by that strange aura.

The bottomless cave was already considered a significant force in Jing Prefecture, but in just one night, almost all of the thousands of demons inside were wiped out.

But if Hu Wen himself were to retreat, not to mention the demon sect existing in name only, he was afraid that the demon immortal would be angry, resulting in the destruction of his immortal path.

Zhang Yi quickly said, "Sect Leader, if the bottomless cave is enough to threaten my life, I won't choose to risk my life."

Hu Wen said, "Don't worry, I've made preparations."

"This black aura is called the aura of the Heavenly Demon. As you can see, there is also a similar place in the Immortal's Dream Realm. There's nothing to fear."

"If we can complete the demon immortal's mission because of this, maybe we can become disciples under his sect."

The breathing of the other demons became heavier and heavier. Just the two words "demon immortal" made them have the idea of moths flying into the flame.

Hu Wen took out a human skin Taoist robe from his arms and handed it to them.

"This is an immortal's magic tool. I had a half-demon in the demon market help me find an immortal to refine it. It can resist the erosion of the aura of the Heavenly Demon."

He couldn't help but feel a little heartache. While putting on the Taoist robe, he came to the front of the cave.

Zhang Yi and Jin Mao exchanged glances. Seeing Hu Wen so sure, they calmed down and followed behind, wearing Taoist robes.

Even though the Taoist robe didn't look like much, it could indeed isolate the demon aura.

The thorns at the cave entrance were pulled away by Hu Wen, revealing a cave that was pitch black, and faint gusts of wind could be heard blowing from inside.

"Let's go."

Hu Wen glanced at the two fox demons, and they didn't hesitate to take the initiative to walk in the front, helping them to encounter danger in advance.

Such behavior was extremely common among demons. The law of the jungle was the rule.

As soon as they entered the bottomless cave, they felt a faint demonic aura around them, and the air was mixed with a strong smell of blood.

Zhang Yi swallowed and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "I really shouldn't have come..."

The voice echoed in the bottomless cave, becoming more and more distorted. After a few breaths, it was like the wailing of wronged souls, which couldn't help but make people feel terrified.

Hu Wen's heart jumped wildly, and he immediately made a gesture of silence.

Seeing this, Jin Mao intentionally or unintentionally fell to the back of the team. He looked honest on the outside, but in fact, he was ready to use magic to escape at any time.

But out of respect for the demon immortal, they didn't want to give up. Even if they couldn't find the old toad, it would be good to bring back something to prove that he was dead.

On the contrary, the speed of their journey increased a lot.

After more than half an hour, they finally arrived at the heart of the bottomless cave.

Under normal circumstances, this place would be shrouded in an extremely rich demon aura, and the toad was a semi-aquatic demon, so the humidity and temperature were even colder than near a water source.

But now, only the aura of the Heavenly Demon remained in the bottomless cave.

A fork appeared in the cave. Jin Mao took the initiative to guide them in the direction. As they walked, there wasn't even a trace of light in the cave.

The oncoming yin wind was bone-chilling, and it was mixed with grains of ice, drilling into their bones and flesh.

"Hungry..."

The leading fox demon suddenly groaned and then lost its movement.

Hu Wen secretly thought it was bad and quickly lit a torch. Under the bright light, everything in the cave came into view.

"Mom, demon immortal is above."

Zhang Yi couldn't help but exclaim, and Jin Mao took several steps back.

They saw that the surface of the stone wall was densely packed with limbs and broken arms, embedded in the stone wall in an extremely strange way.

Looking at it a few more times, they would find that the stone wall was made of some kind of liquid.

The severed limbs and broken arms flowed freely in the rocks, as if the bottomless cave was made of a viscous liquid, making their backs feel cold.

Jin Mao staggered, and his right hand subconsciously propped up against the stone wall.

The touch of the stone wall was indeed rock, although its shape was changing every moment.

But just as Jin Mao retracted his arm, a rotten monster hand suddenly stretched out from the stone wall, directly grabbing him and pulling him inside.

"Help, help..."

Jin Mao's face was ashen, as if he had seen the great terror between life and death.

However, as he used force, he directly pulled off the monster's hand. Fresh blood gushed out along the stone wall, the bloody smell so strong that it was pungent.

Jin Mao threw away the monster's hand and looked at the demons in front of him in shock.

"Shh..."

Hu Wen signaled him not to speak, and then brought the torch closer to the stone wall.

One of the two fox demons he had brought had already been swallowed by the stone wall, and the flowing rock covered his body.

Because Jin Mao made a sound, the severed limbs and broken arms on the surrounding stone walls gathered around, wanting to pull him inside.

Jin Mao's pupils shrank.

He had been to the bottomless cave a few days ago, and it was definitely not so terrifying at that time.

The aura of the Heavenly Demon was more bizarre than he had imagined. Not only did it fundamentally transform living beings into strange black-haired monsters, but it could also affect the environment.

Forming... a living hell!!!

Jin Mao got up in a panic and then turned around and walked towards the cave entrance.

One move affects the whole body. Seeing this, Zhang Yi couldn't help but want to retreat.

Hu Wen couldn't help but sternly said, "Jin Mao, you have to think carefully. If you are alone in this kind of place, you won't even know how you died."

As soon as he made a sound, severed limbs and broken arms approached like swimming fish.

"Demon immortal is above..."

Jin Mao's footsteps stopped, the panic in his eyes sharply decreased, and then his back was soaked with cold sweat. This damn place was affecting his sanity.

Hu Wen squinted and said, "My lord demon immortal is everywhere and will definitely lead us out of this predicament."

Zhang Yi couldn't vent the frustration in his heart and couldn't help but punch the stone wall repeatedly, sending severed limbs and broken arms flying all over the ground.

Hu Wen continued, "I don't know if you've noticed, but this place is gradually becoming... how should I put it, complete?"

He brought the torch close to an arm extending from the stone wall.

The high temperature quickly made the exposed skin of the arm sizzle, and burn marks appeared on it, emitting a faint meaty aroma.

But in these short few breaths, the arm had already adapted to the high temperature of the flames.

What made them even more fearful was that the newly grown severed limbs and broken arms were also different, with the surface of the skin covered with long black hair.

"Let's go, let's go to the place where the old toad is hiding first."

Hu Wen's words calmed them down. If it really didn't work, they would go to the Immortal's Dream Realm for help. After all, the aura of the Heavenly Demon was also a means mastered by the demon immortal.

The four demons continued to walk deeper.

As they approached their destination, the aura of the Heavenly Demon contained in the air was already visible to the naked eye.

They finally came to a narrow cave entrance, and they could only hear the sound of dripping water, unable to detect the aura of the demon at all.

Hu Wen lit another torch and then threw it into the cave.

The cave was lit up, and it looked extremely messy inside, but in the most corner position, there was indeed a squatting figure.

The figure was surrounded by piles of demon corpses, and there were also array patterns carved on the ground, which looked very much like an altar for receiving the demon immortal to descend to the mortal world.

Hu Wen called out, "Old Toad?"

The figure turned its head.

The other party's appearance was similar to that of a half-human half-toad, with pustules all over its body, but its head was somewhat similar to that of a rabbit, especially the protruding buck teeth in its mouth.

"Old Toad?"

Hu Wen asked, but the latter still didn't respond.

Even Zhang Yi saw that something was wrong and grabbed Hu Wen's arm, signaling the latter to stay a little further away from the figure of the toad demon.

"You're here..."

The toad demon muttered, and took stiff steps forward.

As he walked, he tore at his own skin, peeling it off little by little. What was revealed was not flesh and blood like Jin Mao's, but a strange black-haired goat.

Mehh...

The scene in the eyes of the four demons became blurred, and the winding cave became more and more distorted, as if it were a vortex leading to the abyss.

Hu Wen barely took out a black pill the size of a soybean and quickly threw it at his feet.

The black pill grew into a mushroom about two meters in size at a speed visible to the naked eye, isolating the aura of the Heavenly Demon. The black goat didn't act rashly either, just standing in the distance and watching.

They regained their senses because of this. Hu Wen shook his head and said, "This is a magic tool I bought. It should be refined from immortal seeds."

"Protecting us for a while is not difficult..."

Now they could only hope that the Immortal's Dream Realm could contact the demon immortal, otherwise the consequences of being in the bottomless cave for a long time would be unimaginable.

Before Hu Wen finished speaking, hundreds of toad demons walked out of the stone wall. They shed their skin and turned into black goats one by one.

The aura of the Heavenly Demon was like a living thing, surrounding the giant mushroom in a tornado.

The four demons were buried by the aura of the Heavenly Demon, and they could only hear their shrill and desperate roars, and then no sound was heard.

"Demon Immortal, save me..."

Next chapter, Yang God, will be released soon.