The Secret Way of Immortality

Yellow sand billows.

Time rewinds by more than half a month.

At this moment, Ren Qing is still in seclusion, accumulating lifespan to advance in the Wind Sand Method, completely unaware of the changes from the marsh.

Li Tiangang had just left Sanxiang City not long ago and put away the mortise feather in his hand.

He recalled the giant bird he had encountered not long ago and was indeed curious as to why Ren Qing could mutate without any scruples.

But in the end, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

Li Tiangang continued north after leaving Heshan Town, and sand gradually began to mix in the wind, and vegetation became sparse.

The marsh's erosion of Xiangxiang became increasingly serious, and it was not something that manpower could stop.

What puzzled him was that although Xiangxiang had two places adjacent to the marsh, only the area north of Heshan Town showed abnormalities.

Although the other end was personally arranged with spells by the Great Dream True Man, it never showed signs of sandification.

Li Tiangang suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, and his pace began to quicken.

After more than half a day, a rudimentary border fortress built of mountain stones appeared in the distance, with a large number of prison guards moving materials around the city walls.

Watchtowers stood in a straight line, and at the end was the distinctly layered desert marsh.

Even though Xiangxiang had sparse vegetation, it could only be considered barren at most.

But with just half a step's distance, the other side of the marsh presented a scene of sand and dust filling the sky, with strong winds causing sand to fill the air.

Some of the sand and dust passed through the gap and blew into Xiangxiang's territory.

To prevent accidents, the Prison Guard Hall attached great importance to Xiangxiang's border, even stationing one-third of its manpower there.

As soon as Li Tiangang approached, Jiang Feng used the eyeballs on the roadside to detect him and hurried over to report the situation.

The two found a high point on the hillside and discussed the direction of the marsh.

The situation seemed like boiling a frog in warm water, and the Prison Guard Hall couldn't find a breakthrough, and Xiangxiang wouldn't have any major disasters in the short term.

Li Tiangang asked, "Have you used all the methods I asked you to try? Can it stop the spread of the marsh?"

"I've used them all, whether it's raining, digging deep ditches, or even using cold air."

Jiang Feng's tone was full of dread. The marsh gave him the feeling of a living monster, constantly trying to get closer to Xiangxiang.

Li Tiangang was silent, and after a moment he said, "I met Ren Qing a few days ago. After he finishes his seclusion and is transferred here, I will personally go to the marsh."

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Yes, it's been a long time since I've seen him."

Li Tiangang suddenly frowned.

He found two people on the edge of Xiangxiang, seemingly casting spells to transform into plants, trying to stop the sandification by rooting themselves in the soil.

"Jiang Feng, did you let them go over?"

"Yes…"

"Don't let the prison guards touch the sand from the marsh. No one knows what's hidden inside."

Li Tiangang gave him a warning glance, and then walked towards the border fortress.

Jiang Feng quickly used magic to contact the outer prison guards, asking them to return as soon as possible.

The two breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the message. They looked at the marsh with some fear, put away their spells, and prepared to leave.

Lu Xiaoyu saw that the other woman was stunned and couldn't help but pat her on the shoulder.

"What's wrong, Xiao Ying?"

"It's nothing, but I'm a little dizzy."

Lu Xiaoyu's spell was to directly create vines, which could be discarded when retracting them.

But Xiao Ying's spell was more like turning blood vessels into plant branches, and some sand grains stuck to them and were taken into her body.

Xiao Ying shook her arm. Just now, something seemed to have entered her blood in the wind and sand, but it felt like an illusion.

The two then returned to the newly built border camp to rest.

Originally, Lu Xiaoyu had been stationed in Heshan Town, but she came to the border because of the mission issued by the Prison Guard Hall.

The mission only required her to use magic to stop the sandification of the border, and she would receive a large sum of blood crystals whether she succeeded or not.

Lu Xiaoyu inexplicably completed the task, and naturally her face showed an uncontrollable joy, preparing to go to the ghost market to buy some resources.

But she looked at Xiao Ying in the same wooden house, and the latter's expression became a little irritable.

Xiao Ying picked up a porcelain bowl filled with water and put it to her mouth, but a sense of inexplicable fear surged into her heart, and her breathing became heavy.

She tried to find the abnormality in herself, but her mind was blank.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Xiaoyu solemnly checked Xiao Ying, but found nothing unusual.

"I'm a little tired. The spell consumed too much energy."

Xiao Ying closed her eyes and lay on the bed. She continued to stay in the border for a few days, and then packed her things and headed towards Heshan Town.

During this period, Jiang Feng also came to check on Xiao Ying, and the latter quickly returned to normal.

Lu Xiaoyu was reluctant to leave. She felt that stationing in Heshan Town was too boring, and the border was a treasure trove for earning blood crystals.

Prison guards came and went every day at the border, and Xiao Ying's figure did not cause any commotion.

She walked slowly on the mountain road.

The irritability in her heart grew stronger and stronger, and she even unconsciously began to destroy the surrounding trees.

Xiao Ying checked the flesh and blood all over her body with her consciousness like a neurotic, but she didn't find any abnormalities at all.

Because she hadn't drunk water for a long time, her lips were cracked from dryness.

Her footsteps gradually deviated from the mountain road.

Until Xiao Ying heard the sound of a trickling stream in her ear, her whole body uncontrollably ran quickly towards the source.

Her movements became more and more stiff, and sand grains kept pouring out of her facial features.

That was obviously a sign that the flesh and blood were gradually decomposing and sandifying. Even the cultivation of the Ghost Envoy Realm could not suppress the sudden situation.

"I don't want to die… I don't want to die…"

Xiao Ying approached the water source, and green vines all over her body kept growing, trying to stop the collapse of her body's flesh and blood.

The full moon hung high at night, and the water vapor formed a faint mist.

There was only a small boat on the river, and the boatman couldn't help but shout: "Hey!!"

"Don't stay by the river at night, be careful of water ghosts coming to claim your life!!"

The boatman saw that Xiao Ying was still standing on the shore, so he had to shake his head and ignore her, paddling his oars towards the small house where he lived.

"Save me… Save me… Save me…"

Xiao Ying tried desperately to make a sound, but her body was completely out of control.

Less and less flesh and blood remained on her skin, her little finger peeled off her palm, and a section of finger bone gradually disappeared into the water.

The water rippled.

The originally calm river surface rippled, and then began to expand. Soon the water became turbulent, and the water quality became more and more turbid.

Xiao Ying's eyes were red.

She knew that if she couldn't stay away from the water source, she would die soon.

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But her blood had turned into sand grains, and it was completely wishful thinking to enter the Prison Guard Hall, unless she could find other prison guards.

Xiao Ying's spell turned into vines wrapped around her body, forcibly taking her towards Heshan Town, hoping to encounter prison guards.

As she moved, bones fell from her body one after another.

Xiao Ying seemed to be able to see Heshan Town in her eyes, but her knees were broken, and the remaining body rolled down the hillside into the shade of the trees.

Staring at the distant farmland with a chilling gaze.

"So… the marsh… is actually…"

She was completely out of breath.

The sun rose and the moon set, and ten days passed in a flash, and dust had covered the human bones.

Until a four- or five-meter-tall dog dug out the remaining bones from the soil, it drooled and approached it, and saliva almost dripped down.

"Silly dog, do you even eat human bones?"

Ren Qing hit the husky's head with disappointment.

Dozens of dragon and snake spines like chains protruded from his back, frantically searching for any remaining bone fragments, so as not to leave any future troubles.

After he told Li Tiangang about the speculation of the finger bones, he learned the identity of the deceased.

It was impossible for just touching the sand from the marsh to cause such an abnormality. There must be some unspeakable reason hidden.

Moreover, the information flow shown was also intriguing.

【The human bones that are being transformed into water】

What does it mean to be transformed into water? Could it be some kind of spell involving the marsh?

Ren Qing put away Xiao Ying's skeleton and piled it in the prison in his abdomen.

The human body has a total of two hundred and six bones. Prison guards may be slightly different, but it should also be around two hundred.

He found one hundred and thirty-six bones with the help of the husky. The other prison guards had a maximum of sixty bones, which means there were still less than ten bones.

All the prison guards stationed in Heshan Town have been dispatched to find the bones. The border fortress wanted to support, but it seems it's too late.

Ren Qing looked up at the thick clouds, and raindrops fell on his forehead.

Then, the heavy rain fell like a downpour.

In the blink of an eye, it covered hundreds of miles around Heshan Town, dispelling some of the heat generated by the sandification, and the earth became cool.

Ren Qing heard the whistling of water in his ears and couldn't help but smile wryly.

He put away the dumbfounded husky, exerted force with his feet and ran wildly towards Heshan Town. Many prison guards did the same.

A wave more than half a meter high rushed over.

Ren Qing's expression relaxed. It seemed that there were only three or four bone fragments. Such a flood could not collapse the houses at all and should not hurt anyone.

The prison guards left behind in Heshan Town were all reservists. They transformed into beasts and faced the waves, seeming not to know what to do.

They could do nothing to protect the farmland, so they had to retreat back to the town first.

In the whistling sound of the water, the prison guards shouted for the residents not to leave their houses and to lock the doors and windows tightly.

Old Man Li's heart was pounding. He ignored his wife's obstruction and opened the window to look out, and immediately saw the waves.

The waves were extremely turbid, obviously mixed with sand and soil.

"My fields…"

If the fields were flooded with sand and mud, it would not only affect planting, but also likely cause the soil to no longer be suitable for rice growth.

"Damn it, I'd rather die in the fields."

Old Man Li grabbed a hoe and rushed out of the house.

The prison guards' attention was focused on searching for residents on the streets. By the time they discovered Old Man Li, he had already rushed into the fields.

His wife and children were crying at home, but Old Man Li's footsteps did not stop.

Seeing that the waves were not enough to directly harm human life, at most causing suffocation, only a few prison guards rushed towards him.

Old Man Li's eyes were desperate.

Just then, a familiar figure suddenly appeared beside him.

Ren Qing smiled and said hello: "Long time no see."

Old Man Li opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to say.

The water mist filled his eyes.

The sound of the Kun whale's cry was deafening, and the huge figure loomed in the mist, directly overwhelming the dark clouds overhead.

In an instant, the water flow reversed, forming a tornado, which bypassed the farmland and headed towards the Yu River under the guidance of the Kun whale.

The prison guards were shocked by such a scene, their expressions stunned.

Li Tiangang appeared on a hillside not far away, holding the remaining bone fragments in his hand, his eyes becoming extremely complicated.

"You kid…"

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