fifth form

Chapter 3746 Breaking Through the Wall
"What is the body-shaping principle behind this evil pool?"

Zhenyuan Shenjun has some knowledge of sacrificial methods.

For example, he knew the sacrificial art of sharing life and death. As long as one's life is bound to a living being that has existed for a long time, the other party can remain alive as long as they are alive, and even if they are injured or wounded, the damage can be reduced.

For example, sacrificing one's body to exchange blood, or even cultivating magical power.

Many sacrificial methods require a great deal of effort for little reward, and over time they are gradually phased out.

If there were any sacrificial rituals that involved exchanging something small for something large, that would indeed be a strange tale.

Zhenyuan Shenjun found it hard to believe that a Buddha's son could be stuffed inside and then replaced by a Zhunti Sect Master.

Whenever such a good thing happens, the Eight Treasures Merit Pool of Mount Ling will definitely be controlled by the most powerful force in the Three Realms, and then regularly nurture the furnace cauldrons to shape a healthy body.

From this perspective, Zhenyuan Shenjun felt it was better for this place to be destroyed. After all, they could watch the excitement here today, but who knew if they would be chosen to become furnace materials in the pool one day.

For cultivators seeking immortality, this is an irresistible temptation.

Zhenyuan Divine Lord was quite satisfied with his strength, but he was not invincible. If anyone coveted his cultivation and physical body and joined forces to set a trap, he would not come out unscathed.

"I don't know the principle behind it either. Let's dig it up and take a look later!"

Zhenyuan Shenjun asked a question, but Zhang Xuezhou, who was releasing the Purple Gold Bell magic weapon, responded without turning his head.

"Row!"

Practice makes perfect, and Zhenyuan Shenjun felt that taking direct action was far better than guessing.

He responded and then looked at the half-filled pool of poisonous sand.

While these poisonous sands are not particularly toxic, they are excellent for blocking waterways. By continuously mixing into the water flow and passing through the rocky mountains, they might eventually block the flowing water of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Zhenyuan Shenjun reached out and took some spring water into his palm. The previously clean and transparent spring water had turned pitch black. Apart from the addition of toxins, Zhenyuan Shenjun could not see anything special about this water.

It's like ordinary mountain spring water, which collects rainwater from heaven and earth, seeps through the rocks and gathers here before flowing into the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

"I can't understand it!"

After pondering for a moment, Zhenyuan Shenjun felt that he could not understand the cause and effect at all, and even less could he understand why the body of the Burning Lamp Daoist had melted and broken apart after being soaked.

His thinking didn't last long. Zhang Xuezhou used the Purple Gold Bell to spew out poisonous sand for two minutes, but its power gradually weakened, and he could rarely see the poisonous sand being spewed out anymore.

"I told you this thing wouldn't work; it loses its power if left unused!"

Zhang Xuezhou showed dissatisfaction on his face, picked up the purple-gold bell that was soaking in water, and then put the stopper back in.

"It's not quite good enough to be used for spraying water!"

Looking at the half-filled pool of poisonous sand, Zhenyuan Shenjun felt that the sand was enough to spray over a large area, potentially affecting hundreds or even thousands of people.

This kind of treasure is already considered a top-tier treasure in the current Three Realms. If his Taoist temple is subjected to such indiscriminate criticism, Zhenyuan Shenjun thinks that cleaning up would be a major problem.

When the Celestial Court targeted the Western Religion, it wasn't just empty talk; they were after the defiled Spirit Mountain Secret Realm and didn't even want anyone to live there.

Zhenyuan Shenjun and Zhang Xuezhou exchanged views several times, while the Buddha's son, Tathagata, watched from the side, his eyelids twitching.

Although Zhang Xuezhou was not satisfied, the Buddha knew very well that the Purple Gold Bell was a major weapon against regional pollution.

He didn't know what power the other two bells would unleash, but even if this bell that spewed poisonous sand were to spray it wildly in the secret realm of Mount Ling, the harm would be enormous. It would be a torment for the Western Cult cultivators who didn't like wearing shoes, and cleaning up the sand mixed into the soil would be a huge undertaking.

"The other two bells aren't suitable for spraying either!"

Zhang Xuezhou looked at the fire-breathing and smoke-breathing purple-gold bells and felt that the two bells were useless.

He always used whatever he had, and now, with the help of the Purple Gold Bell, he had polluted the water source, which made him quite satisfied.

After replacing the original arrangements destroyed by the Buddha's disciples and others with poisonous sand, Zhang Xuezhou began gesturing the locations of the spring and the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and also mentioned the fissure in the ground that carried the water. This was a distance of several miles, and even with Zhang Xuezhou's superior fossil-carving skills, it would be difficult to open it, but he was unwilling to give up without trying.

Gathering magical power in his hands, Zhang Xuezhou then slapped the spring water pool beside him.

The rocks in the wind cave were much harder than Zhang Xuezhou had imagined, showing no signs of weathering whatsoever, and more like hard metallic minerals.

"Your magic is quite interesting!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Zhenyuan Shenjun swept away the stone fragments that Zhang Xuezhou had melted. He watched Zhang Xuezhou's fossilization technique with great interest, feeling that this technique was very convenient for construction.

If he possessed such a technique, creating the secret realm of Broken Soul Ridge would be much simpler.

Zhenyuan Shenjun directly asked for the Dharma, and Zhang Xuezhou didn't try to hide anything.

The Fossilization Technique can turn sand into stone when used in the forward direction, and turn stone into sand when used in the reverse direction. This technique is useless in combat, but it is excellent for causing trouble.

Zhenyuan Shenjun cultivated his magic at an extremely fast pace. After casting his spell several times, he used his magic to dissolve a large area of ​​rock.

"It's 633 zhang from here to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. At the rate you're working together to carve fossils, it will take at least half a month of continuous spellcasting to dig a passage that's half a person high!"

The Buddha's disciple gazed at the two.

His gaze would occasionally drift to the severely injured Daoist Ran Deng.

As a disciple of Buddha who was sent into the evil pool by the leader of the Amitabha sect, Buddha Tathagata wanted to save Daoist Ran Deng, but he needed to wait for the right opportunity to leave the Bifeng Cave to seek a cure. He didn't even know what kind of way to help him.

If he had any hope at the moment, the Buddha's son hoped that the two people in front of him would stop digging the irrigation ditch and instead go out and fight the Amitabha Buddha head-on.

Just like the two of them fought fiercely on Mount Miru, as long as the Western Religion was disrupted, the Buddha's son felt that he would definitely have a chance to go out and find the elixir to cure the disease.

"Half a month seems a bit long," said Zhenyuan Shenjun.

"It's taking a while!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, and the fossil technique swept away another large area of ​​rocky rock.

Zhang Xuezhou also experienced the transformation of this evil pool. He felt that there were mysteries in this place, but he did not intend to figure them out.

Besides polluting the spring water, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the direction of the water flow could be changed, or even the spring water could be cut off and modified, thereby severing the water source of the Babao Merit Pool.

He certainly wouldn't dig hundreds of feet away; he just needed to dig to the true source of the spring.

"This request won't be too difficult!"

After exchanging a few words with Zhenyuan Shenjun and understanding Zhang Xuezhou's meaning, Zhenyuan Shenjun breathed a sigh of relief.

After casting spells, the two dug for nearly ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) before Zhenyuan Shenjun swept his hand across the area again. They saw the stone wall broken open, revealing a sealed stone chamber.

"This is weird!"

The stone chamber is not large, only a few square meters in size, but it is fully equipped with all kinds of objects, such as stone tables, stone chairs, stone beds, etc., which are neatly arranged, and there is also a jade pillow.

But what attracts the most attention is not these objects of seclusion, but rather a pool in the stone chamber, in which a long, withered skeleton with a tail is immersed.

The flesh and internal organs on the skeleton had all decomposed, but a new membrane of flesh and blood had been attached, as if flesh and blood were being generated.

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhenyuan Shenjun exchanged a glance. They both felt that something was amiss, which explained why the Buddha's disciple called this place the Evil Pool.

If the two are not mistaken, this demon bone is very likely related to the wondrous power that guides the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

"There are ancient characters here!"

The Buddha's disciple came upon hearing the sound. He used his mental power to manifest flames, illuminating the stone chamber and finding the written records inside.

Unlike the Sanskrit recorded in the imagination of the Buddha's disciples, these characters are ancient hieroglyphs from Jambudvipa (the southern continent).