The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation

Li Qing arrived at the stall and looked at the five books, then glanced at the seller, who was also shrouded in a black robe, concealing his true face.

"What are these books?" Li Qing asked.

The man glanced at him, his eyes piercing through the holes in the black robe, revealing a pair of sinister eyes.

"They are the diaries of the mutated cultivators," the man replied.

"What's the price for these?" Li Qing was taken aback by the response.

"Diaries? What I lack the most now is understanding of this world. Perhaps these diaries can give me some insight," he thought. He took out a jade token from his pocket, the only thing he had left to exchange.

"I have a jade token here. Can I exchange it for these five diaries?" he asked.

The man seemed surprised and chuckled. "Of course, take them."

Li Qing took the five books and left the place, wrapping everything in a package and disappearing into the shadows of the night.

He headed towards the World Escort Agency and returned to the courtyard after a quarter of an hour.

As he passed through the courtyard wall, a chilling sensation surged through him. His gaze turned towards a dangerous direction, where a Daoist figure stood in the courtyard with a small yellow mouse on his shoulder, its eyes emitting a faint green light, staring at him.

The mouse chattered in the man's ear, seemingly whispering something to him. The man raised his hand and tapped the mouse's head, quieting it down as it lay still on his shoulder.

Shrouded in the shadows, Li Qing silently placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword. His left hand already held the summoning card, a vague sense of killing intent emanating from him.

The man opposite him stood in the center of the courtyard, bathed in moonlight, a man in his thirties with a sense of justice in his appearance, his gaze fixed firmly on Li Qing.

"Who are you, and why did you trespass into my home in the middle of the night?" Li Qing asked in a low voice.

"Hehe, last night, a semi-mutated cultivator's body was found dumped not far from here," the man said. "You killed him, didn't you?"

Li Qing was startled to hear this. He hadn't expected someone to come looking for him.

With a slight change in his expression, he calmly replied, "You've got the wrong person. I didn't kill anyone. You've trespassed into my home, so you'd better leave, or I'll call for help. Trespassing into a private residence is a serious crime under the Great Tang law."

"Hehe, the Great Tang law? I represent the law!" the man said, producing a black token in his hand. "I am Wen Taiquan, a Demon Slaying Captain of the Great Tang Demon Slaying Temple. I'm responsible for investigating the death of the semi-mutated cultivator. My tracking mouse is a small spirit beast, naturally able to detect various auras. Your aura was found on the body, so I found my way here."

Li Qing's expression turned serious upon hearing this. Concealing the truth at this point would be meaningless, but he wouldn't admit to it.

"Hehe, even if you're a Demon Slaying Captain, without solid evidence, you have no right to arrest anyone, do you?" Li Qing retorted.

Wen Taiquan looked at Li Qing and suddenly smiled. "Actually, you don't need to be nervous, because I'm not here to arrest you. The moment I saw you, I knew your aura was pure and not that of a mutated cultivator. It seems you are an independent cultivator. Are you interested in joining the Demon Slaying Temple? Behind the Demon Slaying Temple are various schools of thought and the Great Tang Dynasty. When you reach higher levels of cultivation, there are resources that you can't access outside. The authorities have a level of control over power that exceeds your imagination."

"Why?" Li Qing asked, curious as to why the man was not trying to arrest him but instead inviting him.

Wen Taiquan understood his meaning. "It's simple. Inviting a qualified person to join the Demon Slaying Temple comes with many rewards. Moreover, the death of a semi-mutated cultivator is not important. It's not a bad thing; in fact, it's a good thing because such people will eventually become strange and cause countless troubles. It's better for them to die early and be reincarnated."

With that, he turned and walked towards the nearby wall, leaping up onto it. "If you're interested, come to the Demon Slaying Temple to find me. I'm very interested in being your guide."

"The Demon Slaying Temple is next to the yamen!" Wen Taiquan said before agilely disappearing into the distance.

Only then did Li Qing breathe a sigh of relief. The man had brought immense pressure, undoubtedly a master of Body Strengthening, proficient in combat.

He let out a deep breath. "In the future, I must be more cautious. This world's methods are unpredictable, and one never knows when they will be exposed."

Shaking his head slightly, he turned and entered the room. Unwrapping the package and laying it on the table, Li Qing sat cross-legged on the bed.

Focusing on the Jade Tablet, he was examining the changes that had occurred.

First, his gaze fell on the information of the five diaries.

Old Version

Diary One

Diary Two

Diary Three

Diary Four

Diary Five

Diary of Wang Dexiu

(Note: False and true memories)

New Version

True Diaries (The truth hidden within falsehood and truth, Note: shattered)

"The truth hidden within falsehood and truth? Shattered?" he thought, intrigued. The new diary information on the Jade Tablet revealed its contents.

It began with various life logs belonging to six different individuals from different regions, each with their own life stories.

Li Qing read through them with great interest, much like reading a novel. For example, one of them was named Fang Tangjing, seemingly a Demon Dao cultivator from a dynasty called Wu.

He also seemed to be at the Foundation Building level. His diary recorded many experiences, such as encountering a strange bride on a mountain and narrowly escaping, as well as entering an unknown mansion and encountering a group of family anomalies, barely escaping with his life.

There were also some mythical legends, such as a great battle between Demon Dao and Daoist factions that seemed to have destroyed a city.

Through these fragmented records, Li Qing gradually reconstructed a vivid and vivid world of cultivation, filled with threats everywhere, whether in the mountains, wilderness, or cities. It seemed that practitioners frequently encountered various anomalies, as if some mysterious force was guiding their encounters.

The more he read the contents of the diaries, the more solemn Li Qing's expression became.

All the content seemed to have been revised by the Jade Tablet, interweaving the stories of the six individuals across different eras.

Vaguely, he felt the existence of an inexplicable network connecting each practitioner.

A chilling sensation surged through him. "This is too terrifying!"