Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

It was late at night, at midnight.

Qingyunfang City has already had a curfew, and the gates in the Fangcheng District are closed and there is no one there.

Zhang Yao was dressed in a black smock, put on an iron mask, and quietly left the residential area on the west side.

Looking carefully, his figure has become a lot shorter and stockier, apparently by adjusting his muscles and bones and deliberately camouflaging.

Along the way, Zhang Yao saw several similarly dressed figures who concealed their identities, but everyone tacitly avoided each other.

A while later, Zhang Yao came to the edge of Fangcheng District, and after showing the token, he entered the underground through a secret door.

He followed the underground passage all the way to an underground hall.

Looking around, this underground hall is very wide, with a square of tens of feet, and there are more than a dozen hidden doors on the surrounding walls, and the light is very dim.

In the interior of the underground hall, there are no fixed shops, but scattered vendors. Hundreds of immortal cultivators who have concealed their tracks are mixed in, and it feels quite bustling.

In the due east of the subterranean hall:

A piece of jade, one foot high and three feet long, was inlaid on the stone wall, exuding a crystal luster, and hundreds of text messages were imprinted on it.

"Um?"

Zhang Yao noticed the lower half of the jade biscuit, two messages next to each other were flashing non-stop, and his eyes brightened.

"So lucky? There are two reward messages, and someone responded."

"It seems that tonight, there will be a big harvest!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao couldn't help but look forward to it even more.

The market opens every three months. He has participated many times so far, but most of the time he returns disappointed.

After so many years, there is still no news about "The Innocent Sutra of Wanhuadu", but in terms of evil secrets, he finally acquired a more suitable one three years ago, called the "burning blood technique", which can be regarded as a new trump card.

But today, people responded to the two rewards. If you are lucky, you might be able to get the secret method of the evil way again, and at the same time, you can also get the "Wan Hua Du Tian Zhen Jing".

While wandering around the booth, Zhang Yao waited patiently. After an hour, a man in black robe finally came out. He stood in front of the jade bi and shouted loudly:

"The auction is ready to start!"

After a rustling sound, many market guests followed the secret door and came to another smaller underground hall to take their seats. This is the venue for the auction.

"The first lot is a powerful high-level magic weapon from the Golden Valley Sect..."

The man in black who presided over the auction didn't say a word of nonsense, just came up and started the auction.

The auction items in the market are all things of bad origin, so the transaction price is often much lower, and the enthusiasm of many customers to participate is very high.

Many of the good things among them made Zhang Yao very greedy. Unfortunately, he had limited wealth and had to save the acquisition of evil secrets, so he didn't have the capital to get involved in this kind of auction.

Half an hour later, the auction ended. Many people got up and chose to leave the market, while a small number of people entered another underground hall.

The third underground hall is about the same size as the auction venue, and there are many tables and chairs, which are deliberately separated from each other.

"Old rules, you can't spy on other people's private conversations."

"Fellow daoists who have responded to the reward information, come to me to get the number plate."

A man in black robe stood in front of a long table and spoke loudly.

Zhang Yao also followed the flow of people, went to the long table to get the two corresponding number plates, then randomly chose a table and chair to sit down, put the number plates on the table, and quietly waited for people to come to the door.

Soon, a man in a black burqa approached Zhang Yao, pulled out a chair, and sat opposite him.

"Which reward?"

Zhang Yao laid down the soundproof technique casually, and asked in a hoarse voice.

"One hundred and sixty-ninth, those who want to buy the secret method of the evil way."

The black-robed man on the opposite side spoke with a hint of greenness in his voice, slowly:

"I have three secret techniques in my hand, namely 'Blood Burning Technique', 'Breakout Technique', and 'Heavenly Disabling Secret Technique', which one do you want, or all of them?"

Zhang Yao pondered for a while, and said:

"I already have the Burning Blood Technique, so let me introduce the 'Maid Breaking Dafa' and the 'Heavenly Remnant Secret Technique'."

"good."

The green voice on the other side responded:

"The Dafa of breaking the pulse is the secret technique of destroying and cutting off one's own energy veins, and bursting out a fatal blow."

"Used in the mid-stage of Qi refining, it can burst into a power close to the perfection of Qi refining; if it is used in the late stage of Qi refining, it is enough to kill or severely damage the perfection of Qi refining."

"But after the Dafa of Duanmai is performed, there is only one blow. Even if you don't die afterwards, you will become a cripple, with your Qi veins cut off, and you will never have the hope of cultivating immortals."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao shook his head repeatedly and said:

"The price is too serious, don't want this."

The price of severing the Qi meridian is really terrible. Even his talent can't make up for the damage of this kind of non-physical injury.

"……All right."

The black-robed man on the opposite side stagnated, and said helplessly:

"Then let me talk about the secret method of Tiancan."

"The secret method of Tiancan is to burn life essence and destroy one's own potential in exchange for tyrannical strength. After using it in the middle stage of Qi refining, it can temporarily rival the late stage of Qi refining."

"The price is - every time you use one breath, you will lose one year's lifespan. If you delay a little longer, you will die suddenly on the spot."

Zhang Yao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

This heavenly disability secret method is more suitable for him than the "burning blood", it is almost tailor-made!

What is burning life yuan afraid of? He doesn't have many other things, but he has plenty of longevity! It's okay to burn to the end of time.

"I want this."

Zhang Yao pretended to ponder for a moment before slowly opening his mouth and saying:

"You make a price."

"Um……"

The other side hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively:

"One hundred spirit stones?"

"too expensive."

Zhang Yao immediately shook his head and flatly refused:

"The value of the evil secret method is far inferior to the normal fairy secret method."

"Besides, this Heavenly Disability Dafa has to pay the price of burning life essence. The sequelae are too serious, and it is not worth a hundred spirit stones at all."

"Fifty yuan, I'll buy it."

He has been a talisman master for several years, and he has earned more than two hundred spirit stones.

Excluding the one returned to Lao Qi and the one who purchased the "Blood Burning Art" three years ago, there are only a little over a hundred yuan left now, and I have to save money.

"Fifty yuan, how can this work, evil secrets are so rare..."

Immediately bargained on the opposite side.

After a while, the two made a deal at a price of sixty-five spiritual stones, and Zhang Yao also successfully obtained the jade slips that recorded the "Secret Law of Heaven's Disability".

"It's a good start, it's really good."

He put away the jade slips, suppressed the joy in his heart, and turned his head to look at another figure not far away. The other figure was slender and seemed to be a woman.

While he was talking with the man in black, she had been waiting a few feet away, obviously coming for another reward he offered.

After completing the transaction, the man in black directly got up and left, while the female figure walked over and sat opposite him.

"It's been several years, and finally there's news of the "Wan Hua Du Tian Zhen Jing"..."

Zhang Yao's mood was surging, and after suppressing the excitement in his heart, he pretended to be indifferent and said:

"The one hundred and sixty-eighth reward?"

"right."

The female figure on the opposite side, her face shrouded in a black veil, her voice reveals a trace of old age:

"What are you going to exchange for the "Wan Hua Du Tian Zhen Jing"?"