The Secret Way of Immortality

After the blockade of the Disaster Elimination Zone ended, the prison guards planned to withdraw.

As for the twelve strange herbs on Camelback Mountain, according to Song Zongwu, they grew under the influence of the Disaster Elimination Zone.

Almost every blocked zone experiences changes in the surrounding ecology.

This represents the twelve types of strange objects contained within the Disaster Elimination Zone.

The characteristics of the strange objects can be seen from the appearance of the herbs, but Ren Qing always felt that one was missing.

The real number should be thirteen, not twelve.

He didn't know much about the Disaster Elimination Zone, and he hinted at Song Zongwu, but the other party found nothing unusual after checking.

Under such circumstances, there was naturally no reason to stay on Camelback Mountain.

After these days, the constables' faces were filled with lingering fatigue.

Of course, there were also those like Xiao Wu, who withstood the pressure and underwent a transformation, his originally thin body becoming much stronger.

When they returned to Sanxiang City, Xiao Wu would be promoted to a formal constable without any surprises, and his monthly salary would be several times higher.

Dozens of people then set off on their return journey.

The prison guards followed behind the constables to prevent sudden attacks by wild animals.

Only the Land God chose to遁入地底 to travel.

They walked for dozens of miles and found that the nearby mountain people had all evacuated, and the villages were empty, without a single person in sight.

Ren Qing did not try to come into contact with the strange object of the Demon Seed Scripture, mainly because he did not lack opportunities after becoming a prison guard, so why take the risk.

The team traveled from morning to night for a day, and as it got late, they found an open space to set up camp and rest.

The prison guards chose to distribute themselves nearby, each cultivating without disturbing others, and solving their own food.

Ren Qing was about to swallow some beast eyes to visualize the technique, but noticed that several constables were shivering by the campfire, warming themselves.

He stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

The constable answered with a shiver, "It's nothing, Officer Ren, just a little cold."

Ren Qing then realized that several constables had similar symptoms.

But it was already approaching summer, so how could it be cold in mid-April?

The reason why the prison guards did not notice was only because the temperature difference was not obvious, and it was normal for their physique.

Ren Qing couldn't find out where the problem lay, and could only suspect that it was due to the mountain breeze, which made people feel cold all over.

He used his broadsword to chop down several trees, and after there was enough firewood to make a fire, it was no big deal.

The temperature did not drop further.

Ren Qing was relieved, anyway, with Song Zongwu and others around, there was no need to worry about danger.

He sat cross-legged in a high place, wholeheartedly immersing himself in visualizing the No-Eyed Method.

Although the information stream can forcibly advance techniques, complete mastery still depends on oneself.

Ren Qing's current double pupils were very different from when he had just advanced to the half-corpse realm, and he had begun to gradually figure out the true power of the technique.

"Anticipating the Enemy" could even sense danger, and was no longer purely a reaction force.

Unconsciously, Ren Qing's soul slowly floated out, as if standing on top of his head looking at his body.

He didn't dare to try to move, as it would be more harm than good if he damaged his soul.

Ren Qing was just adapting to the state of separation of body and soul, preparing for the future advancement to Twin Nightmare Ghost.

As his attention focused, he could clearly hear the movements nearby, such as the sound of constables snoring, and the traces of reptiles hunting at night.

Suddenly, Ren Qing frowned.

A rustling, strange noise entered his ears.

It sounded somewhat like flesh being torn apart, mixed with the sound of bones turning into powder.

Because his state of mind was affected, Ren Qing immediately withdrew from the state of separation of body and soul, he opened his eyes and quickly looked around.

But the camp was peaceful, he couldn't see anything unusual, nor did it seem like his senses were affected by some strange object.

Ren Qing wanted to enter the state of separation of body and soul again to confirm, but haste makes waste, the more he cared, the harder it was to find the state.

He had to focus on visualizing the technique, which could also pay attention to the surroundings.

However, until dawn, nothing strange happened on the mountain where they were stationed, but it made Ren Qing a little neurotic.

The constables became energetic after catching up on sleep, and each ate some simple dry food.

Ren Qing removed the distracting thoughts from his mind, and then directed everyone to pack up their things, intending to return to Sanxiang City as soon as possible.

They were silent along the way.

When the setting sun shone on them, they could already see the towering city gate in the distance.

Everyone subconsciously quickened their pace, and the soldiers let them into the city without inspection, seeing that they were escorted by prison guards.

The bustling streets came into view.

Vendors were hawking their goods, the smell of food and wine entered their nostrils, and braised food stalls were everywhere.

It evoked the tear glands of some constables.

Compared to the temporary camp in the mountains, it was like returning to the human world at this moment.

"Damn, I was suffocating," Huang Ziwan, wearing a bamboo hat, ran into the city.

Mu Yi and others said hello to Song Zongwu and left one after another.

Song Zongwu's expression was a little puzzled.

He stopped and said, "Ren Qing, take the constables to report to the yamen, I will come to you in a few days."

Ren Qing couldn't help but ask, "Senior Song, what's wrong?"

"Have you seen the Land God?"

"I saw him at the beginning, but I haven't seen him since he遁入地底."

Song Zongwu nodded and said, "I was overthinking it."

The Land God left the team early, but he always felt that the other party's state was a little inexplicably excited, as if he was hiding something.

Ren Qing didn't think much about it and returned to the yamen with the constables.

The other constables very politely expressed their gratitude to Ren Qing, and even thought about hosting a banquet, but he refused them all.

Everyone couldn't rest immediately, and had to go to the magistrate to receive rewards first.

As Ren Qing walked, he couldn't help but frown.

The sound that his soul perceived last night seemed to be coming from underground? !!

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The embers of the extinguished campfire scattered dust, the firewood was scattered everywhere, and even the dry food left over by the constables remained.

Night fell, and cracks spread from the ground.

The nearby birds spread their wings and flew away, seeming to herald something unusual.

A moment later, a blood-red sapling grew out of the hillside, and in the blink of an eye, it was several meters in size, and from the outside it seemed to be a herb.

The branches of the herb were covered with human faces, and the leaves beat like hearts.

If Ren Qing were present, he would definitely recognize that the herb was the one that disappeared from the Disaster Elimination Zone, associated with the "Demon Seed Scripture."

When the hillside was propped open by cracks, the roots of the giant herb were exposed.

Strangely, the ends of the roots were connected to a corpse.

The corpse was half-human and half-beast, covered with scales similar to a pangolin, and it was the Land God himself.

He seemed to be frozen at the moment of death, and you could still see the greed on his face, and the roots grew out from inside his body, as if he had actively swallowed the grass seed into his stomach before his death.

A faint mist drifted away, and all the wild beasts that approached the giant herb turned into pus, and were finally absorbed by the roots.

The herb continued to grow, and soon it was more than ten meters in size, and the area of the mist also became wider and wider.

The mist dissipated.

The herb burrowed into the Land God's body like a living thing.

The Land God woke up, looking at his hands with a strange expression.

"Who am I, I'm alive..."