The Secret Way of Immortality

After Ren Qing returned to the inner world of Jing Prefecture, the first thing he felt was that his body no longer grew with the passage of time.

After all, the Diseased Tree had completely merged with him, and the remaining two Yang God realm Ascension Arts and the strange objects were all outside his body.

At the same time, the Ghost Shadow was struggling in the inner world, and the speed of its real body's expansion was getting faster and faster, and it might ascend at any time.

Ren Qing occasionally put Wu Gui into his stomach world to ensure that its size would not exceed the limit, because the Heavenly Demon Tribulation was still very important, and it must be used to cover up the aura of his spells.

He couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Since he couldn't find a better way to go to the deeper level, it was necessary to use the Ghost Shadow to test it out first.

Ren Qing put some of the Ghost Shadow in his stomach world, and let the rest continue to grow.

The various forces then set their sights on the relics of the Merit Monk.

Unfortunately, not long after the Merit Monk died, the relics shattered into ashes, and it was impossible to detect any specific information.

Ren Qing could vaguely feel that the various forces, because of the deeper world, could not find a breakthrough, and their mental states became anxious.

They knew very well that if they could not go to the deeper world, once the person behind the scenes completed their purpose, the opportunities in Jing Prefecture would be useless.

Even some Heavenly Gu realm cultivators had shifted their attention to the Little Heavenly Court.

They were still united on the surface, but in reality, their minds were different.

Ren Qing patiently secluded himself to stabilize the Toe Leaving Art, and did not inform everyone of his discovery.

After all, in the eyes of the various forces, Jing Prefecture was somewhat related to the ancient Heavenly Court.

The way to go to the deeper level could be discovered by any cultivator, but it must not be Ren Qing himself, otherwise he would inevitably be suspected of having ulterior motives.

Fortunately, although the abnormality produced by the Gu worms was not obvious, with the observation of the Heavenly Gu realm cultivators, it should not take long to detect it.

During this period, Ren Qing could only pretend to be stupid and silently prepare for the deeper world.

Several months passed peacefully in Jing Prefecture.

After about thirty days, the Ghost Shadow could no longer suppress the throbbing in its body, and went from the inner world to the deeper world.

However, because the deeper world was affected by the Immortal Position rules, the connection between Ren Qing and the Ghost Shadow was almost severed, making it difficult to detect the situation.

But at least it could be confirmed that the Ghost Shadow had not encountered any danger in the deeper world, and had been safe and sound.

Just as Ren Qing was looking at the deeper world, the surface world was also not peaceful.

Several more foreign forces went to Jing Prefecture, and they were stationed in the towns, repeating the previous competition for the population.

The newcomers were all Taoist forces, most likely originating from the fact that Ren Qing used the Matchmaker Immortal to spread the news back then, causing those with ulterior motives to discover the strangeness of Jing Prefecture.

There was no need to worry about Buddhist forces intervening. Wu Zhi was firmly imprisoned in the Little Leiyin Temple, and it was definitely impossible for him to spread the news of Jing Prefecture.

Ren Qing spent a huge amount of wine ore to keep Wu Zhi alive, and also launched a non-stop brainwashing for twelve hours a day, so he would not die easily.

As the Toe Leaving Art stabilized, Ren Qing put his main energy on the Flesh Body Tathagata, and only occasionally checked for loopholes in the Little Heavenly Court.

He suspected that the deeper world might be related to Buddhism.

And among Ren Qing's methods, the only one related to Buddhism was the Flesh Body Tathagata, and it just so happened that the latter had reached the Great Completion of the Yin Messenger realm for a long time, and it should not take a few days to break through to the Yang God realm.

Thinking of this, Ren Qing's expression became complicated.

The Flesh Body Tathagata had indeed changed a bit after absorbing the Buddha Qi twice to satiate itself. Even if Ren Qing saw its appearance, he would still feel a chill down his spine.

Its current volume was already several hundred meters, and one could hear the sound of chanting scriptures, but if one got closer, one would find the roar of souls wailing.

In order to house the Flesh Body Tathagata, Ren Qing also had Little San'er refine a Buddhist temple, the purpose of which was to prevent the Buddha Qi from suddenly leaking out.

So as to prevent the Flesh Body Tathagata from rioting and affecting all parts of the Heavenly Palace.

The Flesh Body Tathagata was becoming more and more indescribable. Even if Buddhism was a place to hide dirt and filth, at least the image of the Buddha was still very bluffing.

Ren Qing vaguely had a feeling that after the Flesh Body Tathagata broke through to the Yang God realm, there might be inexplicable changes, so he had to be more careful.

He routinely meditated on spells for half a day, and then projected his consciousness into the Western Buddhist Realm.

Murmurs echoed in his ears.

The content was mixed with various Buddhist scriptures, but the meaning was a bit distorted.

The scriptures used by the Hypothetical Tathagata to preach the Dharma were actually all from the Flesh Body Tathagata, so those Buddhist disciples could not detect the flaws.

As soon as Ren Qing stepped into the Western Buddhist Realm, a rich Buddha Qi rushed towards him.

Immediately afterwards, a group of strange and inexplicable mountain of flesh came into view, and one could also see the faces of the Deer Riding Arhat and the Laughing Lion Arhat, and the Joyful Arhat was about to take shape, which was terrifying.

Any Buddhist cultivator who saw the appearance of the Flesh Body Tathagata would not agree that the latter was a Buddha.

But in fact, the rich Buddha Qi emitted by the Flesh Body Tathagata was indeed orthodox Buddhism, at least the Fruition of an Arhat.

Just as the Flesh Body Tathagata was about to break through, Ren Qing closed his eyes and secretly communicated.

Since the Flesh Body Tathagata was condensed through the Mycelial Soul, Ren Qing had an inseparable connection with it, like a master and subordinate twin souls.

"Hungry... hungry..."

The Flesh Body Tathagata gritted its teeth. Ren Qing could hear the specific meaning, but as soon as the sound left its body three meters away, it automatically transformed into scriptures.

The three Arhat faces on the surface of the mountain of flesh were twisted, and the appetite gradually turned into greed, producing an unspeakable desire for Buddha Qi.

Ren Qing's mind moved slightly, and a dozen Buddhist Dream Flowers simultaneously released the Buddha Qi of the Joyful Arhat.

The Flesh Body Tathagata swallowed the Buddha Qi like a jujube, and the three mouths were constantly swallowing.

Just before the Buddha Qi of the Joyful Arhat stored by Ren Qing was about to run out, the Flesh Body Tathagata finally satiated itself, and its expression returned to calm.

The Yin Messenger realm aura emitted by the Flesh Body Tathagata became unstable, transforming towards the Yang God realm, and the flesh blocks all over its body were boiling like boiling water.

Ren Qing's face was a little ugly, because he suddenly noticed that the Flesh Body Tathagata had, to a certain extent, escaped control.

It was very likely because the Buddha Qi itself contained a large number of souls. Even if Ren Qing stripped them clean, there were still memory remnants.

Ren Qing could not meticulously remove the memories, and eventually they accumulated into a tower.

Stimulated by the memories, the Flesh Body Tathagata suddenly had a faint trace of consciousness, which was full of the most primitive desires.

Ren Qing quickly used the Toe Leaving Art to directly erase the consciousness of the Flesh Body Tathagata.

He frowned. If the Flesh Body Tathagata were to devour the Buddha Qi of the Bodhisattva Fruition, according to the memories contained in the Bodhisattva Buddha Qi, I am afraid that the Flesh Body Tathagata would give birth to intelligence.

Ren Qing hesitated for a few breaths, and then stripped off the Immortal Official Position integrated into the Fengdu Corpse Emperor, preparing to use it to strengthen his control over the Flesh Body Tathagata.

He was thinking about what kind of Heavenly Dao rules to let the Immortal Official Position accommodate, but the Flesh Body Tathagata successfully advanced to the Yang God realm.

"Amitabha."

The solemn and serious murmur resounded throughout the stomach world, and there was no trace of madness.

The creatures of the Three Realms could not help but panic. They did not expect that a Buddhist existence would suddenly appear in Ren Qing's stomach world.

Ren Qing distracted himself to appease the cultivators of the Forbidden Corpses Hall, and looked at the Flesh Body Tathagata.

The body of the Flesh Body Tathagata had broken through a thousand meters. The upper part was a strange mountain range formed by the accumulation of flesh and blood, and the exposed blood vessels were like vegetation, constantly wriggling.

The bottom was irregular, but on the stone walls on all sides, one could see lifelike reliefs of three Arhats carved.

The reliefs were obviously transformed from the Arhat Buddha Qi devoured by the Flesh Body Tathagata.

When the Flesh Body Tathagata wanted to move, the reliefs would gradually detach from the mountain and turn into bronze statues, slowly moving the mountain.

It was clearly an indescribable mountain of strange flesh, but it revealed a strange holiness.

The first reaction in Ren Qing's mind was the Spirit Mountain in Journey to the West.

It was rumored that Sakyamuni practiced in the Spirit Mountain, so the Western Buddhist Realm was also referred to as the Western Spirit Mountain, and the end point of the journey to the west was in the Spirit Mountain.

The Flesh Body Tathagata turned into Spirit Mountain. Could it be that it wanted to use itself as a carrier to devour thousands of Buddhas?

Ren Qing did not stop because he had successfully erased the consciousness of the Flesh Body Tathagata.

He planned the only Immortal Official Position, and after considering it for a long time, he selected the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul from the Diseased Tree, and then let the other Mycelial Souls sacrifice their cultivation to nourish the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul.

Because the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul had fewer diseases, it had just reached the level of a Ghost Messenger.

But soon, with the ebb and flow of the other Mycelial Souls, the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul broke through to the Yang God realm, and there was no intention of stopping the loss in time.

Ren Qing felt a little distressed, watching the Mycelial Souls fall below the Yang God realm one by one.

It can be seen that the method of stimulating the Mycelial Soul is indeed one loss for a thousand benefits. If the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul was not the most suitable for the Flesh Body Tathagata, he would not want to sacrifice so much.

Half a day later, the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul finally reached the Heavenly Gu realm.

After advancing to the Heavenly Gu realm, the Mycelial Soul had transformed from a translucent state that was difficult to distinguish between reality and emptiness into a solid entity that was invisible to the naked eye.

Its appearance was exactly the same as Ren Qing's, and it exuded the unique aura of the Toe Leaving Art.

After the Compassionate Monk Mycelial Soul merged with the Immortal Official Position, it transformed into a beautifully carved seal, which had an indescribable temptation for the Flesh Body Tathagata.

[Immortal Official Position - Tathagata Buddha]

The Flesh Body Tathagata could not wait to absorb the Immortal Official Position, and the Buddha Qi emanating from its body converged.

Ren Qing's pupils shrank. He had been able to control the Flesh Body Tathagata through various means, and even transferred his Heavenly Dao Transformation.

To put it bluntly, the Flesh Body Tathagata had become Ren Qing's clone, and would never give birth to consciousness again.

Ren Qing transferred the Resting Heavenly Dao Transformation to the Flesh Body Tathagata, estimating that it would only take about five days.

The Flesh Body Tathagata suddenly emitted dense karma fire, and its flesh sizzled, while a foul odor permeated the air.

The three Arhat statues wanted to swallow the karma fire into their stomachs, but they only swallowed a few wisps of fire, and then wailed in pain from the burning of the karma fire.

Ren Qing could feel that the Flesh Body Tathagata was an external Heavenly Dao Transformation processing magic weapon, which could help him heal the Heavenly Dao cracks faster.

However, there was an upper limit to the Flesh Body Tathagata's Heavenly Dao Transformation.

If it exceeded the upper limit, the Flesh Body Tathagata might turn into the Ancient Burning Lamp Buddha, and even cause the karma fire to burn back to Ren Qing's body and soul.

To increase the Flesh Body Tathagata's digestion speed of karma fire, it had to continue to devour Buddha Qi and create more Buddha statues in the Spirit Mountain.

Ren Qing turned his attention to Wu Zhi. The role of the Bodhisattva Fruition was definitely far greater than that of the Arhat Fruition.

Just as he was preparing to absorb the Buddha Qi of the Infinite Intention Bodhisattva, his main body heard a deafening laugh in the inner world.

"I have finally found a way to go to the deeper Jing Prefecture, hahahaha."

"Go!!"