Mortal Mirror

At this moment, Li Ergou felt like a drowning man, lost and helpless. Although he wasn't afraid of death, dying like this felt somewhat pathetic. Most importantly, he wanted to see Zhuzhu one last time before he died, or he wouldn't be able to rest in peace.

Countless images, murderous auras, resentment, and various negative energies relentlessly assaulted his mind. He felt like he was about to lose control. Once his will faltered, he would immediately succumb to demonic possession. At that point, these powerful energies would explode his body.

He imagined that his body wouldn't even leave a trace of dust.

He was filled with regret and helplessness, but there was nothing he could do.

Just as he was about to lose control, he suddenly remembered something: the golden Buddha. Could that work? He knew the golden Buddha could help one eliminate distracting thoughts.

With that thought, he immediately summoned the golden Buddha.

As soon as the golden Buddha appeared, golden light radiated outwards. The Buddha's light was like a golden sun, shining on Li Ergou.

The chaotic images and various energies, upon touching the Buddha's light, melted away like ice and snow encountering sunlight. In the blink of an eye, all the images and energies completely disappeared without a trace.

Li Ergou never imagined that the golden Buddha would save his life at such a moment.

Without those distracting thoughts, Li Ergou finally breathed a long sigh of relief, grateful for his narrow escape and marveling at how the golden Buddha was such a wonderful treasure. With its help, he wasn't afraid of failing to cultivate the Burial Sutra.

He thought to himself, 'Burial Sutra, oh Burial Sutra, you almost killed me. But no matter how powerful you are, there's something to suppress you. With the golden Buddha here, let's see what waves you can make.'

Without the distracting thoughts and negative energies, Li Ergou continued to circulate the cultivation technique. He could see that the suction force centered on his coffin was growing stronger and expanding outwards.

While countless life forces were being attracted, the area around the coffin became an extremely large gathering place for Yin energy. Ordinary people couldn't see this.

But in the eyes of countless dark creatures, it was like a bright lamp in the darkness, emitting dazzling light.

Countless wandering souls rose from the graves. They flew to within ten feet of the coffin and stopped, because the life force in front of them was too powerful, strong enough to shatter their weak souls at any moment.

They could only stop ten feet away. These creatures began to greedily absorb the Yin energy together. Their almost transparent bodies slowly began to become fuller, which was truly miraculous.

As time passed, more and more wandering souls gathered. Furthermore, the powerful Yin energy also attracted some creatures from the darkness.

Wild dogs, wild foxes, weasels, rats, and owls that ate the dead were no longer ordinary wild animals.

They all came to the coffin and sat there, absorbing the powerful life force and Nether energy attracted by the coffin.

Nether energy was a rare and precious thing, and for these dark creatures, it was simply a great tonic.

At that moment, beneath the coffin, the several skulls that Li Ergou had thrown under the coffin to make the ground more level were being washed by countless Nether energy and life force.

Suddenly, sesame-seed-sized green flames appeared in the eye sockets of several skulls. Those were the divine fire of ghosts. At this moment, the ghosts had consciousness and were, in a way, resurrected.

Li Ergou probably couldn't imagine that he had unintentionally created several skeleton ghosts.

It could be seen that these ghosts, whose divine fire had been ignited, also began to autonomously absorb the Nether energy and life force. These things were simply too nourishing for them.

Moreover, they were closest to Li Ergou's coffin, so they were in the center of the Nether energy, a truly blessed place.

Furthermore, because they were too close to the coffin, they also inexplicably absorbed some of Li Ergou's scent. This scent constantly permeated them, making them feel inexplicably close to Li Ergou.

Just then, a dog's bark echoed in the distance. A huge wild dog, the size of a calf, walked from afar.

If people saw such a large wild dog, they would definitely be terrified, because this dog was probably no less powerful than the wolf king.

The wild dog was covered in gray fur. Its leg seemed to be injured, with a huge wound running through the inside of its thigh, with exposed flesh, which was quite terrifying.

When this wild dog came over, the other wild animals began to retreat, making way for it, suggesting that this wild dog was also a dominant force in Yellow Maple Valley.

The wild dog came to the coffin and quickly sensed the powerful Nether energy and the power of life force. Greed flashed in its eyes. The other wild animals and ghosts could only approach within ten feet of the coffin, but this guy took firm steps, and even though it was trembling, it continued to take another step forward.

Instantly, endless energy enveloped it, causing it to kneel down. The wild dog's eyes gleamed with excitement, and it began to gulp down those energies.

Inside the coffin, Li Ergou naturally didn't know what was happening outside. If he knew that ghosts and wild animals surrounded the coffin, he really didn't know what he would think.

At this time, he was also very happy. He could see that as the little person transformed from the innate Dao embryo continued to devour the Nether energy and the power of life force, the little person's originally blurred body began to become clearer.

At this moment, Li Ergou finally understood that the place for cultivating the Burial Sutra was actually this innate Dao embryo, like a divine cultivator cultivating the power of the dantian.

A martial arts cultivator cultivates the divine palace power of the heart.

And the creator of this Burial Sutra actually used the Dao embryo as a medium to communicate with the Netherworld and cultivate the power of the Dao embryo. He couldn't help but admire that the person who created this technique was either a madman or a great and powerful person.

However, this technique had many drawbacks. For example, the cultivator had to be able to see their own innate Dao embryo, but this required at least a cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage to do so.

If Li Ergou hadn't had the opportunity to watch the stone tablet in Hundred Mystery Mountain, he would have obtained this technique in vain. Furthermore, the countless distracting thoughts and negative energies were simply not something ordinary people could handle.

Li Ergou realized that this technique might be for higher-level cultivators to cultivate, and he was just cultivating it ahead of time by chance. If that was the case, he was really too talented.

In any case, this technique was truly heaven-defying, and he felt endless admiration. However, although this technique was powerful, it was somewhat unorthodox. It was okay for him to cultivate it, but it was best not to pass it on, otherwise it would harm others and oneself.

Just as he was thinking this, Li Ergou suddenly felt a strange sound on the coffin, as if someone was scratching the lid of the coffin with their fingernails.