What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 820 Tai Zhen's Choice, [Descendant of Immortals] Level 5 (Thanks to "Tao Lingdong" for the generous donation)
Revolutionary immortal techniques known as artificial flesh and blood and artificial soul essence were born in the hands of the Myriad Laws Sect.

Through mass production of artificial flesh and blood and artificial soul essence, all the spellcasting materials required for demonic techniques and magical treasures can be used to perform spells using harmless, mass-produced materials.

This innovative approach and technology were first applied to the front lines of the war between good and evil, enabling the Wanfa Sect to achieve several great victories in the war and win one victory after another.

The righteous sects were overjoyed and all purchased large quantities of artificial flesh and blood and artificial soul essence from the Myriad Laws Sect to cope with the pressure from the demonic path.

In an instant, the righteous path shone brightly, gaining an advantage in the war between good and evil, and completely suppressing the demonic sects that had previously been engulfed in demonic flames.

Against this backdrop, the business volume of the Demon-Supervising Hall of the Myriad Laws Sect also declined rapidly, simply because all righteous cultivators could use man-made materials as raw materials and no longer needed to consume mortals.

But just as Li Feng felt relieved and saw a glimmer of victory, a case completely changed his life.

Li Feng initially thought it was just an ordinary case of a missing mortal, but when the case became connected with another case of a missing cultivator, he realized something was amiss.

"Why would the disappearance of a mortal lead to the disappearance of a cultivator as well?"

"Could it be that this cultivator discovered something and was silenced?"

Li Feng continued his investigation, only to discover that the case behind it was becoming increasingly complex, even relating to the previous cases of many mortals being sacrificed, having their souls extracted, being abducted, and disappearing.

Until he arrived at an underground factory and watched batches of ordinary people... just like pigs, cattle, and sheep, being sent naked onto the production line.

They screamed, cried, and struggled as they were hooked up, slaughtered, dismembered, and had their souls extracted amidst a bloody carnage...

Flesh, blood, organs, bones, tendons... all sorts of things extracted from the human body are used as raw materials to create various kinds of materials for immortal cultivation.

Only then did Li Feng realize that there was no technological breakthrough in artificial flesh and blood or artificial soul essence.

The breakthrough was merely a certain rapid breeding technology, which produced and raised people as quickly as animals, turning them into raw materials for the path of immortality.

Watching living people being turned into mincemeat, Li Feng roared and tried to stop it, but he felt goosebumps all over his body and bursts of electricity flashing around him.

The familiar feeling startled Li Feng. He turned around and looked at the person who had come in, saying, "Senior Sister? You found out about this place too? Listen to me..."

Just as Li Feng was recounting the case, he noticed that Yun Taizhen remained calm, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

Li Feng's heart sank, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Senior Sister, you already knew?"

A sudden thought flashed through his mind, and past cases surfaced in his mind: "Those people who went missing before, those mortals who were sacrificed, those who were kidnapped... they were all kept here and became the source of rapid breeding."

"Senior sister, you were the one covering all this up. Only you, the Lord of the Demon Examination Hall, could have done this!"

Faced with Li Feng's questioning, Yun Taizhen remained silent. Instead, she made a hand gesture, and with a burst of lightning, the factory in front of her unfolded further, revealing a more profound scene.

Those were countless human bodies resembling Yun Taizhen, being dismembered into different parts amidst cries and screams, and then manufactured into different products.

Yun Taizhen said calmly, "I was among the first batch of experimental subjects, but my own breeding speed was too slow and the variety was too limited, which is why I need more people to sacrifice themselves."

Watching those familiar figures being dismembered, their organs removed, and their souls extracted amidst despair and wailing... Li Feng felt a chill run down his spine.

He turned to look at Yun Taizhen beside him, and felt that at this moment the other party looked so demonic and eerie.

Yun Taizhen said calmly, "Junior Brother Feng, all the righteous sects are now using artificial flesh and blood and artificial soul essence produced by me."

"These have been incorporated into medicines, cultivation resources, materials for refining treasures, blood offerings for spellcasting, and even the food we eat daily."

“The entire clan is eating my flesh and drinking my blood.”

Li Feng roared, "Are you crazy!"

Yun Taizhen smiled and said, "Junior Brother Feng, do you remember what I said? Whether one follows the demonic path or not depends on one's own heart."

"As long as the people of the world do not know what is happening here, as long as they do not know where the flesh and blood they eat, drink, and use come from, and as long as they do not know the existence of these people who rapidly raise livestock, then they are still on the right path."

"On the contrary, if they knew all this, then the righteous sects would become the demonic path."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng trembled: "What exactly do you want to do? You've already fallen into the demonic path? Are you going to drag the Myriad Laws Sect and all the righteous sects into the demonic path?"

Yun Taizhen shook her head, and in a flash, she appeared in front of Li Feng.

Just like her senior sister before, she gently patted Li Feng's head and slowly said, "The demonic path... comes from the heart and goes with the heart. As long as no one knows what happened here, as long as I bear all the consequences, the righteous path will always be the righteous path."

Li Feng stared intently at the gentle senior sister in front of him and said, word by word, "It's impossible to keep it a secret forever. It will be exposed sooner or later, and you will drag all the sects into the abyss."

"There's no need to keep it a secret forever."

Yun Taizhen smiled and looked at him, saying, "As long as we can keep this a secret for a while... when the technology advances further, when real artificial flesh and blood and artificial spiritual elements appear, and when the demonic path is defeated, all that I have done will no longer need to be hidden."

"During this time, all of this, as... this demonic heart, I alone will bear."

"When everything settles down and is made public in the future... all of this was my own doing, and I was the only one who fell into the demonic path."

Yun Taizhen said, word by word, "This is my decision. I will suppress all demonic forces under heaven."

Li Feng listened blankly to Yun Taizhen's words, not knowing what to do for a moment.

After saying that, Yun Taizhen reached out and slowly presented a ray of light to Li Feng.

"This is my natal soul fire. If you find that I can no longer control it, or if I have done something wrong... then kill me."

"Li Feng, from now on, you will be in charge of supervising me."

Li Feng gripped the life-bound soul fire offered by the other party tightly in his palm, a look of intense struggle appearing in his eyes.

"If everything were made public, countless righteous cultivators would have their Dao hearts shattered, and countless people would continue down the wrong path and fall directly into the demonic path."

"If we don't make it public, it would be condoning Yun Taizhen's demonic practices and watching the righteous sects do things no different from the demonic sects."

Watching batches of humans being slaughtered on the production line, listening to the endless screams around him, and smelling the lingering stench of blood in the air, Li Feng's eyes gradually became blank.

"If we make it public, the righteous path will be defeated by the demonic sect. If we don't make it public, the righteous path will become the demonic sect..."

"What should I do? How should I choose? How should I choose?!"

News of the underground factory ultimately failed to spread.

As Li Feng watched the righteous path achieve victory after victory, as the world changed step by step, and as Yun Taizhen climbed to the peak and eventually became unrecognizable, only regret remained in his heart.

"Secrets became weapons in Yun Taizhen's hands."

"Using this secret, she climbed the ranks step by step, dragging more and more people down with her, becoming a demon among immortals, a demon among demons..."

"Good and evil cannot coexist. Once you are tainted by the evil path, even in the slightest way... you can never go back."

"If I were given another chance, if I were given another chance... I would never..."

The next moment, a glint of clarity flashed in Li Feng's eyes.

He remembered; he wasn't Li Feng, he was Zhang Yu.

At the same time, Li Feng's voice echoed in his ears.

"Remember your regret at this moment, remember your remorse at this moment, remember... never tolerate the evil path, and eradicate all evil paths under heaven."

……

As the dream faded away, Fuki commented, "In the end, the difference between the demonic path and the righteous path... on the surface, it's a difference in immortal techniques, but in reality, it's a difference in concepts and perceptions. It's normal for the righteous path's concepts to fall behind the times and be eliminated by the more efficient demonic path."

Wild Ox said, "Ideas cannot overcome reality. Whether it is the righteous path or the demonic path, strength is needed to achieve victory."

Zhan Xian remained silent, seemingly pondering what he would do if he were in Li Feng's position.

Just then, the dream reversed and started running again from the beginning.

Zhan Xian was slightly startled and said, "Is the dream repeating itself?"

Fu Ji frowned and said, "That guy Li Feng... wants Zhang Yu to experience the dream again and again, to completely imprint his flavor into Zhang Yu's brain."

Wild Ox said, "It's not just that... If Zhang Yu repeats Li Feng's choices again and again, he may eventually become completely immersed in them and never wake up again. This is the test that Li Feng is giving him."

The dream cycled again and again, and the final choice was faced repeatedly.

And lines of text appeared on the side.

Fuki said, "Is that a message from Eishinten? Hmm? So that guy..."

Zhanxian said, "His real choice is completely different from the one in the dream."

Ying Xintian's comment described Li Feng's true experience.

……

At the same time, Zhang Yu's mind was momentarily dazed in the dream, but suddenly he regained some clarity.

It was because the clones saw Ying Xintian's message that Zhang Yu also received this information.

In fact, due to the effects of the Boundless Inner Dharma Body and the Myriad Transformations Freedom Profound Art, Zhang Yu maintained constant contact with his clones. Furthermore, the existence of distinctly different intentions in the Wild Ox, Immortal Slayer, and Examining Ancestor clones allowed Zhang Yu to maintain a third-party perspective, preventing him from completely succumbing to the dream.

At this moment, Zhang Yu, who had regained a bit of clarity, suddenly said, "Senior, in the end... you didn't actually succumb to Yun Taizhen."

Li Feng snorted coldly and said, "If you think you can get by by flattering me, then you're being incredibly foolish."

Zhang Yu shook his head and looked at him, saying, "Senior, I personally experienced your dream and your memories... I can feel that your dream and your real memories are not the same."

“Senior, you are too self-blaming and too remorseful... to the point that you have greatly magnified your mistakes in the dream.”

At that moment, Ying Xintian's message flashed through Zhang Yu's mind.

……

At that moment, Li Feng seemed to hear his master's voice again in his mind.

Good and evil cannot coexist.

Li Feng looked at Yun Taizhen in front of him and said, "One wrong step leads to another. From the moment the righteous path began to be used by the demons, it was a mistake. I can't continue down this path."

Having said that, he stood up.

"Even if I have been abandoned by the times, even if this era no longer needs us, I will never associate with the demonic path."

Looking at Yun Taizhen blocking his way, Li Feng said, "Senior Sister, I'm going to report everything here to the Sect Leader. Are you still going to stop me?"

"I know I am no match for you. If you want to stop me, then kill me."

"If you don't kill me, I will definitely tell the world what happened here."

With a sigh, Yun Taizhen gently placed her hand on Li Feng's face.

"Go to sleep, junior brother."

"I will wake you up when the new era arrives, when people like you can live peacefully without suffering any more."

……

Zhang Yu continued, "Senior, you were unwilling to compromise, unwilling to be enemies with Yun Taizhen at the time, unwilling to have the great victory of the righteous path interrupted, and even more unwilling to watch the various righteous sects be completely destroyed by your actions."

"So you chose to die. You wanted to use the matter of the public factory to force Yun Taizhen to kill you."

"When you awaken and see the light of day again... looking at the future Kunxu, looking at the present Yun Taizhen... you regret that you were too cowardly back then and did not fight against Yun Taizhen to the end."

Hearing Zhang Yu's explanation, Fu Ji's eyes flashed with understanding: "So that's how it is... This guy didn't beautify himself in his dream, but rather, because he was overwhelmed with self-blame and guilt, he uglified himself in his dream? He pushed too much responsibility onto himself?"

As Li Feng listened to Zhang Yu's account, his spirit seemed to tremble for a moment, but then returned to calm.

Li Feng said calmly, "My cowardice led to the further deterioration of the situation. My choice at that time was no different from directly helping Yun Taizhen to cover it up."

“I was even afraid of seeing the changes in the sect, afraid that the times would abandon me, so I ultimately chose self-destruction and abandoned the responsibilities that should have been mine.”

After saying that, Li Feng looked at Zhang Yu and was about to continue operating the dream: "Now, let me see your choice."

Zhang Yu said, "Senior, I can tell you my choice now."

After listening to Zhang Yu's answer for a long time, Li Feng sighed and said, "Is this your choice?"

“You, Yun Taizhen, Ying Xintian, the sect leader, the master… and those traitors, each of you thinks your choices are right, and each of you wants the world to move forward according to your choices.”

"But in the end..."

He shook his head, looked at Zhang Yu, and continued, "Although I don't agree with your choice."

"But I don't want to stop this choice."

Hearing Li Feng's words, Fu Ji exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Did Zhang Yu say something? I didn't hear it?"

Zhanxian said, "Zhang Yu's final answer was a communication through thought. What he said... only the two of them know."

The next moment, Li Feng's true spirit took a step forward, and a surge of primordial power was poured into Zhang Yu's body.

“Remember what you said today. Not only I, but also those traitors in heaven and those who surrendered heard it.”

"Since you have chosen this path, don't become a second Yun Taizhen."

After saying that, Li Feng's true spirit shattered into pieces. With the infusion of the surging power of the cave heaven, Zhang Yu's immortal cave heaven also began to expand rapidly, growing from the original 500 meters in length, width and height to 600 meters... 800 meters... 1000 meters!
At the same time, lines of writing left by Ying Xintian continued to appear before Zhang Yu.

Looking at the message left by the other party, a flash of understanding appeared in Zhang Yu's eyes.

"To inherit... the legacy left by Ying Xintian?"

"It's not about inheriting secretly, but about inheriting openly and publicly."

"Openly and honestly... let everyone know that I have obtained the inheritance of Yingxintian, and then my Immortal Cave Heaven and the power of the Immortal Descendants will be completely cleansed."

"Connecting people, cleansing power, and passing on traditions... that's the ultimate purpose of this labyrinth."

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's explanation, Fu Ji was also shocked: "To openly accept Ying Xintian's inheritance? Won't we get arrested?"

Zhang Yu said, "Judging from the message, even if you become the successor of Yingxintian, you may not be suppressed. As long as you have a powerful backer and are loyal to the sect, you can still be given important positions."

Fu Ji's eyes lit up: "So, Master Ying wants to help us find his old connections to back us up? To help us clear the name of this Immortal Cave Heaven and the mad corpse?"

"Great! With the addition of immortal lineage and a cleansing, this is indeed the true inheritance of immortals, far more powerful than any magic weapon or cultivation technique."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Xian sighed slightly. He knew all too well the greed of sects and immortals, and couldn't help but say, "As long as someone vouches for you and someone is willing to take responsibility, neither sects nor immortals will refuse a disciple who has inherited the Yingxintian legacy. Even if there are risks involved, as long as the risks can be controlled and the profits are high enough, they will accept it..."

Zhang Yu nodded. Although he had long known that in Kunxu, almost anything could be bought and sold, as long as it could make money, acquire immortal resources, expand one's immortal potential, or even rebel against Kunxu, it could be seen as an opportunity to make money.

But even now, knowing that he might appear as Ying Xintian, a successor of the Kunxu rebels, he still felt a strange sense of pressure.

While Zhang Yu and the others were pondering and talking, Zhang Yu's [Descendant of Immortals] power was also increasing, reaching the level of level 5.

The Level 5 [Descendant of Immortals] not only caused Zhang Yu's Immortal Cave Heaven to expand to 1000 meters in length, width, and height, but also granted him a special ability.

"The maximum number of bridges to the grotto has reached eight."

"and……"

Sensing the power of the [Descendant of Immortals], Zhang Yu was somewhat surprised: "The Bridge to Heaven can be built on someone else's body?"

If Zhang Yu were to describe this feeling, it would be like being able to open a teleportation portal directly into someone else.

Almost the instant he mastered this ability, countless novel ideas flooded Zhang Yu's mind.

"With this ability, one can use the Immortal Cave Heaven as a transit point to reach other people at any time."

"And the other party... can also enter the Immortal's Grotto at any time via the Grotto-Heaven Bridge and reach my side..."

Zhang Yu could already imagine that in the future, after he set up the bridges to the celestial caves on Bai Zhenzhen, Yu Xinghan, and Le Mulan respectively, the four of them could enter the celestial caves together to study at any time.

If anything happens, any three of them can come to the other person's side at any time to work together.

"Even the supplies at hand can be transferred from one person to another at any time."

The more Zhang Yu thought about it, the more he felt that it had endless uses.

Then he felt a call from the depths of the maze.

With a flash, Zhang Yu crossed the bridge to the cave and returned to the maze.

He sensed that the experimental area of ​​the labyrinth was undergoing some kind of intense change, and the last ancestral corpse in this labyrinth was also sending him a strong call.

"I wonder what the origin of this last ancestor's body is."

"I wonder what the effects of the level 6 [Descendant of Immortals] will be..."

"And then there's the issue of whitewashing, but we don't know how that whitewashing will actually be done..."

Just then, a voice came from the deepest part of the maze, sweeping across the entire experimental area, factory area and office area in an instant, exploding in the chaotic spatial structure and entering everyone's ears from all directions.

"I am Ying Xintian."

"I have left my legacy in the deepest part of the labyrinth, on the corpse of a former sect leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect."

"My descendants...come and receive this inheritance."

……

Hearing the voice echoing from the maze, Ying Aikun was first startled, then delighted, and laughed heartily, "Isn't I the only descendant of this old man in this secret realm right now?"

Thinking of his current identity as a member of the Heavenly Demon Sect, he nodded and said, "A descendant, and the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Sect's leader... Could this old man have foreseen this day and specially prepared this inheritance for me?"

(End of this chapter)