The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing's gaze swept over the tombstones at the entrance of the Secret Repository Pavilion.

Judging from the engraved information, most of the graves were the resting places of disciples from the Non-Action Daoist Temple, while some tombstones were completely blank.

Based on the age of the tombstones, they were at least a dozen years old.

Ren Qing felt slightly puzzled.

The Non-Action Daoist Temple was, after all, a sect entrenched within the body of a Yang God realm cultivator, so it shouldn't lack a place for its disciples to be buried after death.

Why bury the corpses in the Secret Repository Pavilion? Perhaps these people all died here?

Ren Qing had no intention of digging up graves for the time being. He walked to the front of the Daoist temple and pushed, as expected, the gate was locked tight, making it impossible to force open.

He took out Dao Ancestor's arm from his bosom, hooked his index finger into the lock, and gently turned it.

Click…

The gate opened in response, dust filled the air, giving a sense of being sealed for a long time.

Ren Qing looked around the hall. What greeted his eyes was not a bookshelf, but a map hanging on the wall, similar to the Detention Office.

The color of the map had faded, and the words "Jing Province" were written at the top, which was the region where the Non-Action Daoist Temple was located.

Xiang Township was marked below Jing Province, even detailed to the town level, indicating that the Non-Action Daoist Temple had once been in contact with Xiang Township.

In the northeast of Jing Province, which is the east of Xiang Township, there was a strange place name called "Beast Pen".

After sorting out the information on the map, Ren Qing copied it into the prison within his stomach. If he had the strength to leave Xiang Township in the future, he could verify what the outside world was like.

Jing Province also had many towns, with Jing Province City being the most central.

He carefully checked the hall for a while and, finding no clues, slowly walked towards the passage leading to other rooms.

There were traces of heavy objects being dragged in the passage, indicating that the Secret Repository Pavilion was not peaceful before its destruction.

Just as Ren Qing was about to go to the nearest room, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

The Secret Repository Pavilion was covered in a layer of dust, but there were faint footprints in many places where he had clearly not stepped.

"Are there still living people in the Non-Action Daoist Temple?"

"Or is it a strange object?"

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the footprints. He noticed that the pressure points on the toes were the same, and they were not wearing shoes.

The time could be estimated from the depth, at least a few months ago, perhaps left by the Blind Daoist.

Ren Qing became more vigilant and came to the next room, with a plaque that read "Introductory Methods".

The room was dimly lit.

There were six bookshelves inside, but two of them were damaged.

Books were scattered all over the floor, looking messy and不堪, showing that the disciples of the Non-Action Daoist Temple were caught off guard when the sect was destroyed.

Ren Qing casually picked up a secret manual, and the information stream responded.

【Six Livestock Connecting Back Fist】

【One of the introductory methods of the Non-Action Daoist Temple, created by Xiao Chenzi, uses the blood of six domestic animals to nourish the body, practicing day and night, to make the physique more compatible with the Egg of Heavenly Dao, using this method to enter the Six Spirits Method.】

Ren Qing's expression became complicated. He changed a technique manual.

【Water Vein Qi Nourishing Method】

【One of the introductory methods of the Non-Action Daoist Temple, created by Xiao Chenzi, can be practiced near a water source, using water vapor to nourish the body, until the Egg of Heavenly Dao communicates smoothly, using this method to enter the Water River Scripture.】

He checked several books and found that they were all the same. It could be seen that these were not techniques, but introductory methods for outer disciples to hone their bodies.

According to the information stream, the lifespan consumed was not much.

【Can consume five days of lifespan to be exempt from the price of mastery】

The lifespan consumption of the introductory methods was small, probably because the price was low, and the corresponding improvement in strength after mastering them was minimal.

It was somewhat like the Eight Extremes Leg technique in the martial arts hall, created for the purpose of allowing the body to adapt to the strange objects of the Divine Foot Scripture through eating meat.

Ren Qing patiently flipped through all the introductory methods, and then found a place in the prison within his stomach to pile them up.

He suddenly remembered the martial arts building in the yamen that stored martial arts manuals.

The martial arts manuals inside were incomplete, with only external skills and no internal skills.

The reason for the similar situation was likely because the martial arts manuals were passed down from the Non-Action Daoist Temple to Xiang Township.

After martial artists practiced similar introductory methods, their physique would gradually adapt to the Egg of Heavenly Dao.

The Non-Action Daoist Temple might have wanted to use this to invade Xiang Township. After the Detention Office discovered it, they destroyed the internal skills part.

The two forces must have fought each other, but the outcome was unknown, but the destruction of the Non-Action Daoist Temple was beyond doubt.

If the Blind Daoist had not fallen into madness, the Dao-born Dao, a secret of the sect, would not have spread to Xiang Township.

The doubts in Ren Qing's heart increased rather than decreased.

He left the room with the introductory methods and came to the place where the techniques for inner disciples were stored.

Although the space was larger, it was also more chaotic, with debris of book pages everywhere, and pieces of torn Daoist robes could also be seen.

The bookshelves were tilted, and the walls were dented, indicating that there had definitely been a fierce battle here.

Although there were no corpses or limbs, there were large areas of dark red, dry bloodstains, and the lingering stench could still be smelled.

Not many technique manuals were left in the room, only thirteen were complete.

He also collected the fragments.

Ren Qing helplessly took a deep breath and picked up one of the manuals.

The manual was named "Profound Heaven Method". According to the description in the first few pages, this technique was of no small origin and belonged to the direct line of inheritance within the Non-Action Daoist Temple.

Ordinary inner disciples could not even come into contact with it.

He was not in a hurry to summon the information stream, but used the technique itself to understand the Non-Action Daoist Temple, trying to find the reason for the sect's destruction.

Ren Qing also learned that the cultivation realms of the Non-Action Daoist Temple were slightly different from those of the Detention Office.

The Non-Action Daoist Temple's realms were Qi Training, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Division, and Ascension.

Correspondingly, they were Martial Artist, Half-Corpse, Ghost Messenger, Underworld Official, Yang God, and Heavenly Aberration.

However, the Non-Action Daoist Temple had a realm above the Ascension realm called Earth Immortal, indicating that the Heavenly Aberration realm of the Detention Office was still not the end point.

Cultivating the Profound Heaven Method required recreating immortal roots with the Egg of Heavenly Dao, which was said to be able to maximize the effect of the Egg of Heavenly Dao among all techniques.

Ren Qing became interested for a moment.

The information stream surged.

【Profound Heaven Method】

【Created by the Heavenly Dao Son, cultivation requires planting the Egg of Heavenly Dao into the Qi Sea Acupoint in the body, and it can only be completed when one's own meridians are exhausted.】

Ren Qing nodded upon seeing this.

I wonder what the price of the Non-Action Daoist Temple's technique entry requires…

【Can consume fifty years of lifespan to be exempt from the price of mastery】

"Fifty years?!"

Ren Qing was caught off guard and startled. It would take a full fifty years of lifespan just to initially master it. How could it be so exaggerated?

Wait.

He suddenly realized that the techniques of the Non-Action Daoist Temple were all built on the Egg of Heavenly Dao, which was the biggest drawback.

It was obvious how evil the Egg of Heavenly Dao was.

However, if he consumed fifty years to master the Profound Heaven Method, he should be able to get rid of the Egg of Heavenly Dao.

Ren Qing still maintained the information stream, and could obtain more information through the manual, but the more he looked, the more tightly his brows furrowed.

【Qi Training Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm is in the process of gradual hatching. The cultivator's body will become more and more adapted to the Heavenly Dao Worm, and can absorb the true essence emitted by all things in the world.】

【Foundation Establishment Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm absorbs the true essence to hatch. The cultivator breaks away from the human body and can use the spells and supernatural powers of the Heavenly Dao Worm.】

【Core Formation Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm is about to transform from a larva into an adult worm. It forms a chrysalis in the dantian, and the cultivator's lifespan will be extended, but gradually loses the ability to reproduce.】

【Nascent Soul Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm breaks out of its cocoon. Although it will still live in the cultivator's body, it can devour flesh and blood to temporarily leave the body, and the cultivator's lifespan is greatly extended, but there is no longer any reproductive ability.】

【Spirit Division Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm can leave the body for a long time, and divide its mind to control the cultivator, refining it into a fleshly body magic weapon without obliterating its soul.】

【Ascension Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm no longer needs the cultivator's body. It begins to prepare to reproduce and find a suitable environment to establish a sect.】

【Earth Immortal Stage: The Heavenly Dao Worm merges into the earth and mountains, nurturing spiritual veins to accelerate the growth and development of the larvae, and attracting cultivators to come.】

Ren Qing felt a chill down his spine. Compared to the techniques he cultivated, the techniques of the Non-Action Daoist Temple could be considered heretical.

This was completely making wedding clothes for the Heavenly Dao Worm, belonging to another civilization.

No wonder the area north of Xiang Township was separated by the Yang God realm forbidden area. I am afraid that at least part of the reason was to prevent the invasion of the Heavenly Dao Worm.

However, Ren Qing carefully thought about it. The Heavenly Dao Worm needed a lot of time to hatch, let alone the Ascension realm, which completely separated from the body.

If the Heavenly Dao Worm wanted to reproduce, it was useless to have only the Egg of Heavenly Dao. There must be parasitic cultivators who practice techniques.

As long as it was cut off from the source, it would actually be difficult to spread.

After the Detention Office split up the martial arts manuals, the Egg of Heavenly Dao would have to cultivate from scratch if it wanted to find a suitable host again.

Therefore, although the area of Jing Province on the map in the Secret Repository Pavilion's hall was wider than Xiang Township, it was far from occupying the entire land.

Even marking "Beast Pen" and unknown place names indicated that there were still forces east of Xiang Township that could fight against the Non-Action Daoist Temple.

Ren Qing thought of a possibility, and couldn't help but think about it carefully and be terrified.

The various corpses floating in the pond of the Non-Action Daoist Temple, wouldn't they be resisting the enemy, forcibly breaking out of the body…

What exactly happened to this world?

Ren Qing shook his head. Although he was disappointed that he couldn't find a suitable technique, he at least solved many doubts.

If he had enough lifespan in the future, he could try to practice the Non-Action Daoist Temple's techniques. Presumably, the information stream could completely exempt him from the drawbacks.

After putting away the manual, he searched for clues in the remaining rooms.

The remaining rooms did not store manuals, but were places for disciples to practice in seclusion, and from the scattered sandalwood, it could be seen that not all disciples were qualified to enter.

The incense ash had a peculiar smell, and its function was probably to stimulate the growth and development of the Heavenly Dao Worm.

He prepared to leave the Secret Repository Pavilion and go to the graveyard outside.

Ren Qing inadvertently glanced at the wall and suddenly stopped.

The observation of the Gemini Nightmare Demon was extremely strong, even the split soul inherited it.

He measured the distance of each room and noticed that the private room in the corner was a bit strange, and the wall was slightly uneven.

Ren Qing walked to the wall and quickly confirmed that he was not mistaken.

He dug out a green brick, and then obviously triggered some kind of mechanism. As the slight clicking sound rang out.

A half-meter hole cracked in the wall, as deep as if it led to the underworld.

Don't care about the cultivation system of the worms, focus on the detention center.