The Secret Way of Immortality

To test the rules of Jing Prefecture, Ren Qing took out a demon from his stomach world.

The creature, over two meters tall, was covered in fur. Though it lacked a head, it had facial features on its chest and abdomen, and its fox tail stood on end in fear.

Hu Wen didn't react for a moment, falling to the ground in a sorry state until he noticed Ren Qing not far away, at which point he breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he could even ask, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"Ugh..."

Veins popped out on Hu Wen's forehead, clearly as he tried to suppress something, with the facial features on his chest and abdomen distorting to varying degrees.

"It's alive, it's alive! This really is a good place."

"I hear it, I hear it! There are three hundred and fifty-six million, seven hundred and seventy-five stink bugs here, chirping every night, chirping every night!!!"

"I see it, I see it! There are several people walking a hundred miles away..."

Hu Wen clutched his stomach, his internal organs seemingly losing control, activating and affecting his body, causing him unbearable pain.

Ren Qing knew that the forbidden art Hu Wen practiced was called "Five Viscera Gods," and that he had advanced through devouring strange objects.

However, he hadn't expected that the strange objects mastered in this way would become so troublesome in Jing Prefecture, even to the point of turning against the host.

【Five Viscera Gods】

【Enlightened by Abbot Du Cun of the Five Viscera Temple through observing the divine statue, it can only be cultivated when all five viscera are complete.】

Ren Qing acted quickly, otherwise Hu Wen would die from the backlash before long.

The ghost shadow directly drilled into Hu Wen's body, then enveloped the five viscera and the Hu Wen's brain located beside the spine.

Hu Wen let out a miserable scream, feeling his internal organs being cut open bit by bit, with the parts related to the Five Viscera Gods being forcibly stripped away.

The ghost shadow was like a high-precision surgical machine, removing the strange object and healing the damaged internal organs with various medicinal materials.

The surgery lasted for several hours, and the mournful howls scared away the nearby monkeys.

When Hu Wen regained consciousness, he felt his body and soul relax, and the autonomous cultivation of his techniques gave him the illusion of progressing a thousand miles in a day.

He incredulously inspected his internal organs, discovering that the Five Viscera Gods had disappeared.

Unfortunately, due to the irreversibility of the transformation, the image of the headless fox would likely accompany him for life, but Hu Wen was already used to it.

"Thank you, Immortal Master!"

Because he had devoured strange objects in his early years, Hu Wen not only found it difficult to cultivate other forbidden arts, but also found it even more difficult to break through bottlenecks.

Now that he was finally free from his restraints and had the Ghost Immortal position in hand, the Yang God realm was within reach.

Hu Wen looked at the silent Ren Qing, who was holding an indescribable object in his palm, like the five viscera pieced together, with ordinary human facial features growing on the surface.

He even faintly noticed that the eyes of the Five Viscera Gods strange object were like insect compound eyes, staring at him with malice.

Ren Qing examined the Five Viscera Gods strange object, which had turned into a Gu worm, and said, "Hu Wen, I remember that there are many cultivators in the demon lineage who forcibly advanced by devouring strange objects back then, right?"

【Five Viscera Divine Gu】

【After refining, the five viscera will give birth to intelligence and possess supernatural powers, which can be used to communicate with the Five Viscera Gods to borrow their supernatural powers.】

【Can be promoted to the Five Palaces Heavenly Mansion Gu by taking the internal organs of three thousand five hundred pairs of children born on Yin years and Yin days to nourish the Five Viscera Divine Gu.】

If Hu Wen were to advance to the next realm of the Five Viscera Gods, it could only be described as a one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival.

But in a sense, the internal organs of three thousand five hundred pairs of children would undoubtedly be much simpler, and many people would probably choose to take the risk.

"Reporting to the Immortal Master, there are indeed many demons, especially the Hundred-Eyed Tiger Demon..."

Although Hu Wen was in charge of the demon lineage, he still remembered Zhang Yi, the tiger demon who had gone through life and death with him in the past, and the two demons could be said to be as close as brothers.

"Okay, arrange for a hundred people and wait for me to notify you from the outside world."

Since the forbidden area rules of Jing Prefecture could strip away strange objects, he might as well use this to increase the demon lineage's foundation and allow the older generation of demons to break free from the shackles of transformation.

Without waiting for Hu Wen to agree, Ren Qing directly took the latter back into his stomach world.

He put away the Five Viscera Divine Gu, watching it transform back into a strange object in his stomach world, and then stepped towards the depths of the rainforest.

Ren Qing wasn't worried about his own strange objects, after all, they had been advanced by consuming lifespan with information flow, and their intelligence had long been wiped out.

He recalled what the Five Viscera Divine Gu had said, that there seemed to be living people passing by a hundred miles away, so he went there at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Rain was constantly falling in the jungle, and the sounds of various poisonous insects rose and fell.

Even half-corpse realm cultivators, without magical artifacts to protect them, would carelessly lose their lives here.

Ren Qing stood on top of the tallest tree, and soon noticed the smoke and dust in the distance.

Because of the humid environment, lighting a fire in the rainforest would inevitably produce thick smoke, making it difficult to detect the traces of mortals walking.

According to his usual cautious nature, he would suppress large-scale spellcasting as much as possible before figuring out the truth of the forbidden area.

"A bonfire, could it be the insect hive people who went to Jing Prefecture back then?"

The Wind Hollow People entered Jing Prefecture from the southwest, far away from Ren Qing's location, but it was also possible that they came from other forces.

The Broken Limb Flood Dragon was hidden in the underground everywhere, and its exploration of Jing Prefecture was limited.

Ren Qing went towards the bonfire, and was already approaching it in a few minutes.

He stopped, his expression filled with deep doubt, and then pushed aside the bushes to come to the bonfire, from which the voices of several people discussing came.

"Who is it?!"

Three men dressed as hunters were on high alert, grabbing the swords and knives beside them and getting up in a panic, looking at Ren Qing in astonishment.

This place was far from inhabited, and they had only arrived after walking for more than half a month, it was impossible to encounter a strange man, unless it was some kind of evil.

"You must be a lost woodcutter, don't worry, we will take you..."

The leading hunter held the dagger in his palm, his tone without any threat, but his feet kept approaching Ren Qing.

Before the hunter could exert his strength, he heard Ren Qing say, "Qiao Da, have you forgotten me? Ren Qing from the same village."

"You... oh, so it's Ren Qing, you've become a lot stronger in just a few days."

Qiao Dazhu patted Ren Qing's shoulder as if he were familiar with him, and the remaining two also put down their guard, inviting him to warm himself by the bonfire.

Ren Qing was wearing a Taoist robe, which was out of place, but he sat down cross-legged with ease.

The Free and Unfettered Heavenly Demon was formless and without appearance, and could change other people's memories with just a thought, forcibly implanting a familiar person named Ren Qing.

Ren Qing changed into ordinary cotton clothes, and his facial features also became simple and honest.

He let three dream flowers drill into the bodies of each hunter, checking their flesh and bones and soul memories, looking for anything unusual.

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As a result, according to the hunters' memories, they had lived in the village outside the forest for generations, and usually made a living by hunting wild animals.

But how long had the insect hive people been in Jing Prefecture, it shouldn't even be a year, right?

Natives were even more unrealistic, back then Jing Prefecture was destroyed under Ren Qing's eyes, affected by two true immortals.

The hunters didn't recognize many words, and they had little experience, so there were no useful clues in their memories, but it was even more confusing.

Ren Qing looked at Qiao Dazhu's information, and immediately had a clear idea.

【Qiao Dazhu】

【Age: August】

【Lifespan: One hundred and twenty-three days】

It seemed that the mortals of Jing Prefecture were likely conceived through immortal positions.

Ren Qing suspected that it was affected by the immortal position of the Lunar Star Lord, after all, the latter had once spawned hundreds of millions of rabbit and toad cultivators in the blink of an eye.

However, what made him feel strange was, where did the mortals' memories come from?

Ren Qing then checked the information of the remaining hunters one by one, and found that the ages might have a few days difference, but the lifespans were indeed the same.

This showed that something should happen after one hundred and twenty-three days, and then he would know the strangeness hidden deep in Jing Prefecture.

Ren Qing looked at the sky, the moon was as bright as ever, but it was not a blood moon.

He wasn't sure whether Jing Prefecture was layered or not, and he was even afraid that even the mastermind couldn't control the rules of the forbidden area.

While Ren Qing was thinking, the hunters discussed the harvest of these days.

Although they mainly hunted wild animals, they would occasionally catch some poisonous insects, which could be exchanged for some silver in the town.

Ren Qing didn't care at first, until Qiao Dazhu took out a jade box from his arms.

"We'll return to the village early tomorrow morning, with this fish louse Gu, we can at least exchange it for dozens of taels of silver."

The hunters' expressions were a little eager, dozens of taels of silver would allow them to buy land, and the children could also attend private schools.

The jade box was opened, inside was a fish louse worm the size of a finger, but it was covered in whiskers, and its mouth made a creepy hissing sound.

【Fish Louse Gu】

【Can use fish lice instead of the tongue, making the tongue have three pounds of strength, and needs to be fed two pounds of fresh fish meat every day.】

【Can be nourished by fresh fish bone marrow, promoted to Tongue Bow Gu.】

The hunters' memories didn't have information about the usage of Gu worms, but it was obvious that Jing Prefecture had formed a unique power system in a short period of time.

Ren Qing closed his eyes to rest, and the hunters seemed to have forgotten him.

Early the next morning, they got up and returned the way they came, with Ren Qing in charge, naturally no wild animals dared to approach the four.

When the hunters were asleep, Ren Qing would take them to travel dozens of miles, under such circumstances, they left the rainforest in just seven or eight days.

The village where the hunters were located was called Earth Slope Village, and there were not many households at all.

The villagers lived and worked in peace, self-sufficient with the cultivated farmland, and only went to the town to buy daily necessities such as salt and cloth.

Ren Qing didn't arouse suspicion, in fact, because he had used the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, as long as Qiao Dazhu and related relatives and friends mentioned Ren Qing's name, their memories would be tampered with.

He wandered around Earth Slope Village, and noticed an old scholar in the village.

Even though the old scholar's age was only eight months, the memories in his mind seemed very rich, as if he had really been to all parts of the country.

In the old scholar's thatched hut, there was also a simple map hanging.

Ren Qing looked at the locations marked on the map, and set off towards the southeast, and the villagers gradually forgot about him.

Among the locations depicted on the map, the southeast was clearly written with "Xiangxiang", and it was still the ancient circulated characters.

When Chen Changsheng came to Xiangxiang hundreds of years ago, he saw empty cities.

The people seemed to have disappeared at the same time, all kinds of items were maintained as they were, and even the once lively market could be restored.

Chen Changsheng learned through the classics in the city that this place was Xiangxiang.

'Lifespan is approaching, one hundred and eleven days'