The Secret Way of Immortality

The bonfire crackled, filled with an unspeakable strange smell.

Because the wood supporting the flames was actually the dried corpse of the Heavenly Dao insect, the Fude Earth Immortal couldn't find any vegetation.

The cultivators, led by Fu Qingzi, sat silently around the bonfire. There were about fifty of them, familiar with each other, but still wary.

A total of seven hundred and fifty-three cultivators landed, and only six hundred and twelve remained, mainly dying in the harsh environment.

It should be known that the lowest cultivation level of the cultivators participating in the Conferred God Ceremony is the Yang God realm, and their corpses after death can easily pollute dozens of miles of land, but now they appear to be unaccustomed to the environment in the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone.

What makes them most uncomfortable is that parasites will inexplicably appear in their organs.

The cultivators call the ecological environment on the Fude Earth Immortal "Fude Cave Mansion", which means that it contains the inheritance of the Immortal Position.

But they obviously underestimated the danger of the Fude Cave Mansion.

From a microscopic perspective, even breathing will cause invisible Heavenly Dao insects to drill into the mouth and nose, unknowingly covering the internal organs.

The Heavenly Dao insects recklessly transform the body. Many cultivators have discovered that the liver has become the nest of the Heavenly Dao insects, but the basic functions of the internal organs are still preserved.

"Cough cough cough..."

Taoist Huang Niu coughed violently, and his palms were unconsciously covered with blood.

The blood was boiling like boiling water, not because the temperature was too high, but because it was mixed with a large number of invisible Heavenly Dao insects.

"Damn, I've become a cattail flower."

Taoist Huang Niu's expression was distorted. His current situation reminded him of a plant called cattail flower.

The seeds of the cattail flower bloom in the form of petals. When they are fully mature, they will detach from the roots and spread with the wind as long as a breeze blows.

Every time he coughed, he was actually bringing the Heavenly Dao larvae out of his body, which shows that a unique insect nest has indeed formed in his internal organs.

Although it does not affect the body and soul, Taoist Huang Niu cannot be comfortable with the feeling of something stuck in his throat, and he is extremely uncomfortable all the time.

"Don't worry, we'll leave in three to five days, at least to recover from our injuries."

Fu Qingzi said with a wry smile, seemingly kind on the surface, but chewing on something in his mouth.

They are suffering and cannot speak now. They always feel that if they continue to recover from their injuries, they may not be able to leave the Fude Cave Mansion and will be completely assimilated by the environment.

"Three days? Five days?"

You Quanzi looked annoyed, and caught a Yang God realm cultivator off guard. In the latter's struggle, he was covered in dirt.

"Do you know how long it's been now?"

"Relying entirely on the afterglow emitted by the Celestial God of the Heavenly Court, who knows where the sun is in this ghost place."

The more You Quanzi spoke, the more angry he became. The movements of his hands did not stop. The Yang God realm cultivator had no resistance in front of him, and his ferocity made the others shudder.

Even if the Yang God realm cultivator loses his head, his body can still retain vitality for a long time.

However, You Quanzi likes human brains the most, and the corpse will take at least two days to die.

Indeed, as he said, the light in the Conferred God Land either comes from the Fire Virtue Star Lord or the afterglow emitted by Ren Qing's cultivation.

The other cultivators were angry but dared not speak. Facing the pressure of the Heavenly Gu realm, they had to show their value as much as possible to avoid being eaten.

A cultivator looked collapsed and couldn't bear the Heavenly Gu realm's unbridled cannibalism, and ran away with his hands and feet.

He was panting heavily, and his lungs inhaled a large number of Heavenly Dao insects.

Fu Qingzi ignored it, You Quanzi showed a mocking look, only Xiao Yan, who was sitting on the edge of the crowd, hesitated and wanted to get up.

Before Xiao Yan could take any action, a desperate roar came from the shadow of the mountain rock.

How could a lone cultivator survive in the Fude Cave Mansion? It is filled with tens of thousands of Heavenly Dao insects of all kinds.

The surface is an ordinary mountain rock, but it may be a disguised Heavenly Dao insect.

Xiao Yan sighed, silently sat in the corner and stopped talking, trying not to expose his identity as a descendant cultivator.

Because of his special physique, his blood temperature exceeds two hundred, so there are no Heavenly Dao insects parasitizing him, and he is still like a fish in water in the Fude Cave Mansion.

But Xiao Yan dared not speak out, and a little carelessness might lead to a siege.

The Conferred God Land can indeed become an immortal and attain the Dao, but it is also a lawless place. Killing and eating corpses is normal, and there are also evil cultivators who absorb souls and seize spirits.

Temporary camps are everywhere in the Fude Cave Mansion. Facing the extremely harsh environment, they can only huddle together for warmth.

Under the temptation of becoming an immortal and attaining the Dao, some bold cultivators went to the depths of the Fude Cave Mansion in an attempt to find the location of the Immortal Position.

Thousands of cultivators were unknowingly divided into more than a dozen waves.

Ren Qing knew that this situation was the best time for the Heavenly Court to intervene, after all, a small number of cultivators gathered together could not threaten them.

He closed his eyes and performed the Heaven and Earth Life technique, and the aura of the spell was revealed in the Forbidden Zone in the form of light.

"Whoa..."

Huang Niu Zi cursed a few times and couldn't help covering his eyes with his hands.

The other cultivators also made the same movements. The light emitted by Ren Qing greatly increased, and for a time it was like a blazing sun.

A layer of moss-like substance grew on Fu Qingzi's skin, and even his pupils were covered, allowing him to resist the dazzling light.

He turned his head to look at Ren Qing, and was immediately frightened.

The giant in the void had turned into a little over ten thousand meters tall, still sitting cross-legged, but his body was immortal and exuded a terrifying aura with long hands and feet.

When Ren Qing opened his eyes, Fu Qingzi almost knelt down with weak legs.

A Go board appeared in front of Ren Qing, and then he raised his hand to make a move, and a button-shaped white piece condensed at the tip of his right arm.

"Fude Earth Immortal, drop a piece and dispatch a thousand Taoist soldiers."

Ren Qing's voice resounded throughout the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone, and all the cultivators could hear it. Their expressions became extremely shocked, and they subconsciously tightened their muscles.

After waiting for many days, the Heavenly Court finally made a move.

It seems that although the Heavenly Court has allowed outside forces to compete for the Immortal Position, it does not mean that they will give up the opportunity to become an immortal and attain the Dao.

After all, the Conferred God Ceremony is not that simple.

One after another, figures of light and shadow appeared in the Fude Cave Mansion, but the target was not the Immortal Position.

They are the pioneers of the Forbidden Corps Hall, mainly to collect information about the Fude Cave Mansion, and then collect the resources in the cave mansion.

Han Li and other cultivators will go to the Fude Cave Mansion with their real bodies. It is impossible to refine the Immortal Position by relying on projections alone, it can only be said that life and death are determined by fate.

Ren Qing himself also understands that living forces cannot avoid death and become zombies, but he cannot always protect the Forbidden Corps Hall.

If you want the Immortal Position, you have to fight for it, and you have to be prepared to die.

Of course, they have the resource supply of Dream City, coupled with the peak state of their bodies and souls, and the help of the Forbidden Corps Hall to explore the cave mansion, their advantages have far exceeded ordinary cultivators.

After a while, next to Fu Qingzi's camp, a phantom of a Forbidden Corps Hall cultivator also took shape, as if walking out of the light and shadow.

The phantom is a bald strong man, wearing a worn-out cassock, with a string of Buddhist beads made of white bone skulls hanging around his neck. His identity in the Forbidden Corps Hall's Maitreya people belongs to a ascetic monk.

Fu Qingzi was unmoved, with a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

He said lightly: "Why does this Heavenly Court appear so coincidentally around us, I'm afraid..."

Fu Qingzi stopped there, but some cultivators in the crowd couldn't restrain their impulse.

The moment the ascetic monk appeared, the aura of the Yang God realm was exposed, and he spit out acid and actively attacked the former.

As a result, the ascetic monk did not mean to avoid it at all, allowing most of his body to turn into pus, and stared at the camp with a cold expression.

After he melted into a pool of pus, the light and shadow were still flashing.

The cultivators did not relax because of this, and saw an identical ascetic monk crawling out of the pus, turning into a bronze statue of more than four meters.

"Not yet to the Immortal Position?"

"Ridiculous, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

Fu Qingzi showed a mocking look, while You Quanzi threw away the corpse in his hand and rushed towards the ascetic monk, intending to taste the taste of his brain.

"Amitabha, suffering does not lead to depravity, this is the way of Shura."

"My dharma name is Killing Life."

"I have been practicing body refining under Venerable Song for two hundred years."

You Quanzi couldn't help shouting: "Where did these Buddhist running dogs come from?"

The ascetic monk masters the Vajra Body of the Maitreya people. He usually has the same habits as monks, but they don't believe in the false Buddhas outside at all.

"Looking for death."

You Quanzi's Taoist robe was torn, and human brains were exposed on his back.

He used his finger as a gun and pointed it hard on Killing Life's shoulder, and blood spurted out immediately, and the wound directly pierced Killing Life's body.

Killing Life did not mean to avoid it. Others practice the Vajra Body to cultivate the body, but he cultivates the mind, first making the mind as hard as an iron plate.

He fought together in a life-for-life manner, calmly responding to You Quanzi's moves.

The more You Quanzi fought, the more frustrated he became. He was clearly a cultivator lower than himself, but every move started from a life-and-death struggle, which he was extremely unaccustomed to.

Because he was in the Fude Cave Mansion, You Quanzi couldn't be careless, after all, the movement would attract powerful Heavenly Dao insects.

The other cultivators had no intention of intervening, because You Quanzi was moody.

He often killed people for various reasons, and the consequences were usually very miserable after being targeted by him.

After Killing Life exchanged a few moves, he was undoubtedly seized the opportunity by You Quanzi to break his neck, and then burned the corpse with flames.

But what made You Quanzi's scalp tingle was that Killing Life crawled out of the ashes of the corpse again.

The two launched a protracted battle, during which Killing Life did not have any expression changes, even if his body suffered serious injuries.

You Quanzi was horrified, and always felt that the refined puppet was nothing more than this.

The methods of the Heavenly Court are too terrifying, how can they make people constantly die and be resurrected, is it the work of a certain Celestial God?

When You Quanzi had the intention to retreat, his steps intentionally or unintentionally approached the bonfire.

He led the disaster to the other cultivators, while he was ready to escape at any time, fearing that more powerful Heavenly Court cultivators would come later.

Killing Life forcibly relied on Ren Qing's Law of Heaven and Earth to beat dozens of people to the point of losing their helmets and armor.

Different scenes took place everywhere in the Fude Cave Mansion. Wasn't the first batch of thousands of people also giving a warning to lay the foundation for subsequent resource collection?

The Forbidden Corps Hall cultivators who obtained the Immortal Position landed in the Fude Cave Mansion mixed in the projection.

Han Li turned into a shadow and wandered around. His cultivation base, which had just been promoted to the Yang God realm, had no time to retreat and stabilize his spells.

He was still lingering in fear. He was too focused on utilitarianism during the promotion and almost went into a frenzy. Fortunately, he had the protection of the Immortal Position to protect his body and soul.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and then he had the capital to compete for the Immortal Position.

According to Ren Qing, only those above the Heavenly Gu realm can barely refine the Immortal Position, and then as the realm improves, the Immortal Position slowly integrates into the body and soul.

The Yang God realm can drive specific magic weapons of the Forbidden Corps Hall to guide the aura of the Immortal Position for cultivation.

As long as the fit is sufficient, Han Li can rely on the Immortal Position to quickly reach the Heavenly Gu realm. Such an opportunity is rare in a thousand years.

In addition to Han Li, True Man Taihan and True Man Yuhua also came to the Fude Cave Mansion.

They hid in the corner of the cave mansion, secretly observing this strange and inexplicable world, wanting to figure out the information of order.

Under the influence of the Heavenly Court, even if Fu Qingzi wanted to heal and then leave the cave mansion, he didn't dare to stay any longer.

One after another, cultivators drove magic weapons into the sky and headed for the next Celestial God's corpse.

They coughed violently in the void, and the Heavenly Dao insects parasitizing the flesh and blood were completely discharged from the body, along with fragments of internal organs.

It can be clearly seen that if they stay in the Fude Cave Mansion for a long time, it will only become more and more difficult to escape, after all, the flesh and bones are covered with Heavenly Dao insects.

The goal of most Heavenly Gu realms is not the Fude Earth Immortal.

Their spells are not compatible, and it is not realistic to forcibly refine the Immortal Position, so it is better to try their luck in the distant cave mansion.

Only some rogue cultivators who are proficient in refining Gu choose the Fude Earth Immortal.

They don't recognize the Silkworm Mother Insect Immortal at all, even if they can see from the Celestial God's corpse that the appearance is like a cocoon formed by a ball of insect silk.

However, the name of Fude Earth Immortal has been well known to various forces due to the several incidents in Jingzhou, and rogue cultivators have heard of it.

It is impossible for Gu cultivators to give up the Fude Earth Immortal, which is also a type of insect, and pursue the unknown insect immortal that is unknown how many journeys away.

What's more, after they studied the unique Heavenly Dao insects, they have made some discoveries.

Layman Lingyin is the best of the rogue Gu cultivators. He was promoted to the Heavenly Gu realm by chance in his early years using ancient legacy Gu, and has been smooth sailing, so he is unwilling to give up the Immortal Position.

He looks wretched, with two sparse mustaches at the corners of his mouth, and is concentrating on watching the fibrous Heavenly Dao insects walking in his palm.

"It's really interesting, the plasticity of the descendants of the Fude Earth Immortal is too strong..."

"The best material for refining Gu, even if I don't get the Immortal Position, I can rely on the insects in the cave mansion to complete the transformation of my body and soul."

The greed in his words cannot be concealed. After sacrificing the Heavenly Dao insects with blood, he used a small knife to cut open the flesh of his palm.

The Heavenly Dao insects cooperated very well and drilled into the flesh and blood.

"Hiss..."

Layman Lingyin couldn't help but feel the stinging pain in his palm, and his arm twitched subconsciously, and then his expression became ecstatic.

He could clearly find that after the Heavenly Dao insect swallowed a flesh and blood fiber, it merged with the palm and replaced the function of the flesh and blood fiber.

If all the flesh and blood fibers in his body can be replaced by this kind of Heavenly Dao insect, he will completely get rid of the mortal body.

It should be known that the Heavenly Dao insect, as a living being, has a certain growth potential.

"I will transform into the ancestor of ten thousand insects, and then I can easily obtain the Immortal Position, and there will be an immortal insect immortal in the world."

Layman Lingyin did not know that the Heavenly Dao insects can only survive in the Fude Cave Mansion.

And although the Heavenly Dao insects do indeed attach themselves to the cultivator's body, they unreservedly use the host to support themselves.

Even the Taiyin Star Lord was parasitized by the Fude Earth Immortal, and could not do anything to the other party.

Layman Lingyin was filled with arrogance, and used the aura of the Heavenly Dao insects emanating from his body to swagger towards the nose and mouth of the Fude Earth Immortal.

According to his understanding of Gu insects, the Immortal Seat was likely to be located in the heart.

Because the heart is the source of blood, and Gu insects need to absorb blood to survive, the probability of it being located in the heart is far greater than in other organs.

While Layman Lingyin was traveling, Han Li transformed into a shadow to observe him in the dark.

Han Li was cautious by nature and would naturally not rashly explore the Fude Cave Dwelling, so he quickly turned his attention to Layman Lingyin.

While following Layman Lingyin, he also guarded against a type of Heavenly Dao insect lurking in the shadows.

When Han Li circulated the Blood Fungus Record, he could clearly see the flow of Layman Lingyin's blood, and it was obvious that the overall blood vessels were gradually changing.

Layman Lingyin still didn't realize the problems with his body, capturing the fibrous Heavenly Dao insects and transplanting them into his body after a simple refinement.

He was completely courting death.

When Layman Lingyin's right arm was completely replaced by the fibrous Heavenly Dao insects, a situation occurred that sent chills down Han Li's spine.

Han Li noticed that the skin of his right arm had the appearance of insect skin, the pores were abnormally large, and densely packed Heavenly Dao insects poked their heads out.

Layman Lingyin was completely unaware, and even looked at his right arm with unusual intoxication.

He muttered a few words from time to time: "Why do I feel like my cultivation is skyrocketing? It shouldn't be long before I break through to Dao Genesis One, right?"

"Hahahaha..."

But in fact, Layman Lingyin's cultivation in Han Li's eyes was constantly decreasing, and he was about to fall to the Yang God realm, but he was still immersed in illusions.

This reminded him of the records of the Wuwu Taoist Temple.

Once, during the period when the Wuwu Taoist Temple ruled Jing Province, cultivating the Heavenly Dao Dharma required placing insect eggs in various parts of the body, and in the end, tens of thousands of people in Jing Province were reduced to food for the Heavenly Dao insects.

The founder of the Wuwu Taoist Temple, Heavenly Daozi, also tried to resist the Heavenly Dao insects, but unfortunately, the Fude Earth Immortal was sitting in Jing Province, and even if he died, he could not shake the Heavenly Dao insects in the slightest.

Han Li was slightly lost in thought, and the statue of Heavenly Daozi in the Heavenly Dao Palace flashed in his mind.

How desperate would the founder have been to fight against the Fude Earth Immortal at the Distraction Realm? He would never have expected the ending of the Fude Earth Immortal.

Han Li was stunned for a few breaths, and when he came back to his senses, Layman Lingyin's figure had disappeared.

"Not good!"

He gasped, could it be that Layman Lingyin had discovered him in advance, so he deliberately refined the Heavenly Dao insects to escape?

"Impossible, Layman Lingyin's cultivation is really decreasing."

Han Li couldn't care about so much and quickly separated a shadow to approach the dense grass, but he noticed Layman Lingyin crawling on the ground.

Layman Lingyin's entire body was only moving his right arm, dragging his body into the grass.

Han Li's expression was strange, and he immediately noticed more details. There was actually a hole running through the center of Layman Lingyin's eyebrows.

The attack directly shattered the Niwan Palace, and even the soul was destroyed.

Only the right arm was parasitized by the Heavenly Dao insects, surviving as an independent individual, but it would also die with the host after a long time.

Obviously, the person who killed Layman Lingyin had been lurking for a long time, and his movements were extremely decisive.

After Layman Lingyin's cultivation dropped to the Yang God realm, he used a sharp magic weapon to deliver a fatal blow, which seemed extremely experienced.

Han Li turned around and left without hesitation.

According to his speculation, there should be more than two people targeting Layman Lingyin. Their cultivation may not be very high, but their methods are ruthless, their cooperation is tacit, and they have rich experience in assassination.

The fact that Han Li couldn't detect them and they didn't immediately deal with Layman Lingyin meant that the newcomers' cultivation was below the Heavenly Deceit realm.

If they were Yang God realm cultivators, they would have to take into account both offense and defense, hide their tracks, and track the enemy, so there should be about three of them.

If they were Yin Difference realm cultivators, it would take at least fifty people to do it.

However, in the open environment nearby, it would definitely be unrealistic to hide fifty people.

Most importantly, Han Li didn't know if he had been exposed, so it would be better to consider going to the depths of the Fude Cave Dwelling later.

"Little Han."

An old and hearty voice sounded, and two figures appeared out of thin air not far away.

Han Li looked at them. They were both old men with faces at least sixty or seventy years old, wearing tightly wrapped magic robes, with their hands behind their backs.

"You are..."

The more robust old man took a few steps forward, revealing a familiar face.

Han Li widened his eyes in disbelief and subconsciously canceled the Shadowless Ghost technique, immediately restoring from the shadow state to human form.

"Heavenly Daozi... Founder?"

"It is indeed this old man."

Heavenly Daozi grinned, his face full of ravines, and lightning flashed in his pupils, obviously he was not practicing the Heavenly Dao Dharma.

Left hand leading yellow dog, right hand holding falcon, this old man is feeling young and vigorous.

He opened his mouth, and a miniature flying sword danced between his teeth. The attack that pierced Layman Lingyin was from Heavenly Daozi.

Heavenly Daozi had abandoned the Heavenly Dao Dharma that made him uneasy and had chosen a suitable sword technique from the Great Dream Art Building.

From this, it can be seen that the reason why the disciples of the Wuwu Taoist Temple have the tradition of having a flying sword is mainly because of Heavenly Daozi's heart for sword cultivation.

The old man next to Heavenly Daozi was a little embarrassed and stroked his beard, saying: "Since Ren Qing unified the Wuwu Taoist Temple and the Forbidden Guard Hall, I am also your founder."

Han Li immediately realized something: "Founder Chen Changsheng?"

Chen Changsheng nodded slightly. Compared to Heavenly Daozi, only his skin was purplish, his nails were light red, and his short hair was dark green.

He cultivated the Rebirth Technique plus the Tai Sui Sutra, and his control over germs was so meticulous that he could hide his figure silently.

Han Li swallowed. The two founders were only at the Yin Difference realm, and they had already done something like assassinating a Heavenly Deceit realm cultivator.

Although Layman Lingyin's cultivation was weakened by the Heavenly Dao insects, Han Li didn't dare to be sure whether Chen Changsheng had contributed to the rapid onset.

"Master Ancestor, how could you not be dead?"

Han Li deliberately didn't mention why they came to the Fude Cave Dwelling.

If they were really here for the Immortal Seat and were willing to take the initiative to talk to him, it meant that they had no ill intentions, and Han Li couldn't possibly betray his ancestors.

"Don't worry."

"I didn't think about any Fude Earth Immortal, and I won't touch the Heavenly Dao Dharma again in this life."

Heavenly Daozi narrowed his eyes, looked at the high mountain representing the mouth and nose of the Fude Cave Dwelling, and said in a complicated tone: "But Han Li, you are too late."

"Your caution has led to slow progress in exploring the cave dwelling. That group of Heavenly Dao insect people has reached the mouth and nose and is preparing to go deep into the body."

As he spoke, Heavenly Daozi and Chen Changsheng simultaneously revealed their auras.

Only then did Han Li realize that they were projected by Ren Qing's divine power, plus their Yin Difference realm cultivation, which did not meet the conditions for refining the Immortal Seat.

The purpose of the two founders was very clear, they didn't want the Fude Earth Immortal to fall into the hands of the Insect Vein.

Their impression of the Heavenly Dao insects was still stuck in hundreds of years ago. It was impossible to reverse it for a while. It was already good enough that they didn't harbor hostility.

While the three were talking, the giant transformed by Ren Qing once again released dazzling light, and its size surged to the extent of thirteen thousand meters.