Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 110: Seeking Immortality but Not Getting It

In the forest, a figure surrounded by black air was moving quickly among the trees. The strong wind brought by the figure blew up the leaves on the ground, making bursts of rustling sounds.

Just at this moment, several imperceptible black lights quickly rushed towards the man's back. The man immediately sensed the danger and had to draw out the long sword at his waist, turned around and slashed back, quickly blocking the black lights!
"Cang! Cang!"

I saw that those black lights were actually several black needles coated with poison!

These black needles hit the sword, causing it to tremble, but at the same time, the sword was stopped and fell to the ground, landing on the grass leaves, emitting a pungent smoke.

Seeing this scene, the man surrounded by black air couldn't help but change his expression and quickly took a few steps back!
At this moment, a voice seemed to come from all directions of the jungle, and four figures suddenly emerged from the ground, surrounding the black mist figure!
"Old Ghost Guo! You can't escape! Hand over the corpse bead!"

However, although the four people who came were of different ages, they were wearing the same gray Taoist robes and holding the same long swords and magical weapons in their hands. There was also an implicit connection between them.

The figure surrounded in the middle seemed to realize that he could no longer escape today. He slowly dispersed the black air around him, revealing an old face.

This person was none other than Guo Le'an, who was already very old but had a dark complexion.

However, Guo Le'an, whose face was already full of wrinkles, did not care about these four people. Instead, he looked towards the direction of Jindou Mountain with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

That direction might be his last chance of survival, but now that he has been caught up by these four people and his body is already exhausted, he is afraid that he will not be able to escape this disaster today.
"Old Ghost Guo! That corpse bead is a treasure of my sect! If you don't return it now, we will spare your life!"

Hearing the words of the old man who was the leader of the four, Guo Le'an couldn't help but laugh in anger! He took out a green bead from his sleeve.

"Hahahaha~ Master's treasure! Pah!!"

"Just for this thing! You four have committed countless evil deeds! You wiped out my entire Guo family! Now I am the only one left in my family! There is no point in living anymore. Today, I will take you all on the road together!"

He had originally sought this item, hoping to use it to achieve a breakthrough in his cultivation! However, these four unexpectedly discovered it, coveted it, and have been hunting him ever since! They even went so far as to wipe out his entire Guo family!

As Guo Le'an spoke, his eyes were full of resentment. He mobilized the remaining magic power in his body, sent it into the corpse bead, and slammed it to the ground.

"stop!!"

The four people's faces suddenly changed when they saw this scene, their eyes were bloodshot! They wanted to stop it but it was too late!
After being activated, the corpse bead suddenly fell to the ground. A burst of dark green aura burst out, quickly enveloping the five people present. Soon, bursts of tragic roars were heard from it.

Niu Yi stood not far away, watching this scene, but there was no fluctuation in his eyes.

Even though Guo Le'an had the chance to become an immortal and learned some unconventional methods, he is now only at the level of refining essence into energy. He has survived to this day by using some unconventional methods. The other four people are almost at the same level.

However, the power contained in the corpse bead is far beyond the ability of the first level of immortal cultivation to withstand. These five people are definitely going to die. Even if the skills practiced by Guo Le'an are somewhat related to the corpse bead, he can only hold on for a while.

Niu Yi walked forward slowly and waved his hand. A golden light flashed, and the dark green corpse mist that seemed to be baring fangs and claws disappeared in an instant. Only four corpses that were corroded beyond recognition and Guo Le'an who was still breathing were left.

At this moment, at the moment of death, Guo Le'an, whose body was corroded beyond recognition, raised his old face, and looked at the young man in blue clothes who was walking slowly towards him with his somewhat turbid eyes, with shock and complexity flashing in his eyes.

This is indeed a true immortal. Hundreds of years have passed, and time has left no trace on his face.
If he hadn't longed for this person's elegance when he returned home, and hadn't been unable to restrain himself and wanted to seek immortal fate, wouldn't he have ended up like this now?
But he really doesn't want to die.
"Ho ho."

Niu Yi looked at Guo Le'an, who was looking at him with a pleading look in his eyes, but he shook his head slightly. "Your body is beyond saving."

At this time, Guo Le'an didn't know that his body was already riddled with holes and was only supported by his obsession.

Hearing this, Guo Le'an's eyes darkened, and then he seemed to remember something. He moved his palm with all his strength and touched the cloth bag around his waist. He looked at Niu Yi as if he wanted to convey something.

"You want to hand this thing over to me?"

Niu Yi looked at Guo Le'an in surprise, but saw that Guo Le'an had already died, and could not be deader.

Niu Yi was silent when he saw this scene. He used the cause and effect divination money to tell fortunes and had already calculated that Guo Le'an's death was coming today.

In front of him, Guo Le'an was actually no different from an ordinary person. In just a few moments, he had seen the entire life experience of the man without any omissions.

If we talk about this person's life seriously, it can be said to take three days and three nights, which is extremely exciting.

But to sum up, Guo Le'an's life is actually the life of a seeker who seeks immortality but cannot achieve it...

Niu Yi waved his hand, and the cloth bag flew up and quickly fell into Niu Yi's hands.

Niu Yi opened the cloth bag and found only a book inside.

"The Art of Refining Yin".

Niu Yi took it in his hand and flipped through it casually.

The name of this "Yin Refining Art" sounds intimidating, but it is actually just an unorthodox technique that refines oneself into a corpse ghost. Guo Le'an can live for decades longer with this technique, but it also refines himself into a state of being neither human nor ghost.

Niu Yi looked at the dead and old-faced Guo Le'an lying on the ground and sighed slightly. Without him making any movement, the dust around him gathered automatically, covering Guo Le'an's body and forming a mound of earth.

"After all, we've known each other for a while. I'm going to build a grave for you, so that your body won't be carried off by wild dogs in the mountains, and you won't be able to rest in peace even after death."

Guo Le'an has always kept his promise throughout his life. His father and grandfather Guo Xiuwen buried the events of that year. Guo Le'an never told anyone about it over the years. Even though he was interested in the immortal path, no one came to look for him.

However, when he was old, the Guo family suffered another devastating disaster. After all, this kid was afraid of death and was reluctant to die, so he came and tried to seek his protection.

But he had said it very clearly back then, that his fate with the Guo family had completely ended, and he didn't owe the Guo family anything. Guo Le'an came to look for him, and ultimately broke the oath he had made back then.

Niu Yi took a look at the nameless grave, slowly turned around, stepped over the four corpses around him that no longer looked like human beings, left here, and prepared to head towards the next area.

But before he could walk far, he sensed a familiar aura of divine power.

"Xiaping City God? Why is he here?"

(End of this chapter)