The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

"To be honest, junior brother, the meditation liquid is something I deduced from an ancient, incomplete prescription, and I've been studying it recently..."

When the topic of alchemy came up, Xiang Sui couldn't stop talking.

They went on and on about which combination of medicinal herbs would truly unleash the medicinal effects, how to nourish the medicine with alchemical fire to remove impurities, and how to replace the previous ordinary medicine with a spiritual herb, and so on...

all in all.

I'm amazing... I've already deduced the ancient formula for meditation liquid to the level of a low-grade elixir, and all that's left is to start refining it!

Zhu Yu naturally understood his implied meaning, shook his head and smiled, "Tell Senior Brother how many spirit stones you need."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Sui's face lit up with joy, and he held up one finger, "One hundred spirit stones." Fearing Zhu Yu might misunderstand, he quickly explained, "I've already prepared the auxiliary materials, but I'm a little short on the main spiritual herb, the 'Bewitching Flower'."

He patted his chest and assured them:

"But don't worry, junior brother, I have already refined the pill fire, so there is absolutely no possibility of failure in refining. And all the proceeds from this pill refining will be yours."

What else could Zhu Yu say but to take out spirit stones?

The hundred spirit stones, barely warmed, fell into Xiang Sui's pocket. After receiving the spirit stones, he left with the words "See you in three days" and hurriedly departed.

"Take care, junior brother..."

Liang Kuan gave him an admiring look, then turned and walked towards the Demon Slayer Guard's encampment.

"I wonder what kind of cultivation method Senior Brother Liang has refined..."

Watching his retreating figure, Zhu Yu was secretly amazed. In just one day, Liang Kuan's body seemed to have become even more robust, and his face was even more glossy with wax.

This is clearly the effect of further refining the Dharma seed and infecting and altering the physical body.

"The corpse control technique will be fully developed tonight..."

Feeling the spiritual energy cocoon within the Divine Sea Ring about to emerge, Zhu Yu felt a surge of excitement. He called out to Xiao Hei and turned to walk towards the other side of the street.

Leave the market.

Without stopping, it urged Little Black straight toward the underworld.

Half an hour later.

"Um?"

Not far from his own corpse-filled area, Zhu Yu saw a plump young man walking hurriedly ahead. After a moment of confusion, he urged Xiao Hei to hurry a few steps, and as they approached, Xiao Hei landed on its back and greeted him with a smile:

"Senior Brother Bai, what's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"

The chubby young man was none other than Bai Meng, whom they had met at the banquet earlier.

"Wishing you well, Junior Brother."

Bai Meng stopped in his tracks, smiled and greeted them. When he saw Xiao Hei standing next to him, especially its two large, gleaming front teeth, he exclaimed in surprise, "What a huge buck-toothed insect beast!"

This was the first time he had ever seen a buck-toothed insect beast the size of a millstone, but he didn't pay much attention to it; no matter how big it was, it was still a buck-toothed insect beast.

Coming to his senses, Bai Meng glanced around suspiciously, then lowered his voice, "It's only because it's you, Junior Brother. I definitely wouldn't tell anyone else." He paused, then lowered his voice even further, "I have a nephew who works in the Corpse Cave. He just sent me a message saying that a large number of new corpses have arrived in the Corpse Cave..."

"Let's hurry over there, or all the good corpses will be taken..."

"A large number of corpses?"

Zhu Yu looked surprised, thought for a moment, and decided to go and see for himself. He invited, "Little Black's pace is not bad. If you don't mind, Senior Brother, would you like to ride with me to the Corpse Cave?"

"Will it work?"

Bai Meng glanced suspiciously at Xiao Hei's slender legs.

"Don't worry, senior brother."

Zhu Yu smiled and nodded, then stepped onto Xiao Hei's back.

Seeing this, Bai Meng no longer hesitated. After all, this buck-toothed insect beast wasn't his, and if it got damaged, it would be Zhu Yu who would suffer the loss. He stomped his foot slightly and leaped onto Xiao Hei's back.

next moment.

He then felt a gentle force surging beneath him, light and airy, as if he were stepping on cotton.

Bai Meng exclaimed in astonishment, "Innate spells! The Bucktooth Worm can awaken innate spells?"

"Just a low-level spell..."

Zhu Yu smiled lightly.

He knew why Bai Meng was surprised. Insects like Xiao Hei, which were at the bottom of the insect nest, would mostly just be larger, stronger, and faster even if they attracted spiritual energy into their bodies.

Awakened innate magical abilities are extremely rare.

Xiao Hei is truly a genius among the buck-toothed worms.

"Tsk..."

Having roughly understood the effects of Xiao Hei's magic, Bai Meng felt the strong wind sweeping around him and envy appeared in his eyes. If he had such a mount, he wouldn't need to walk.

"Junior brother, you're so lucky..."

He had seen Xiao Hei before at the banquet; it was just an ordinary buck-toothed worm. He never expected that in just over ten days, it would successfully draw a spirit into its body and become a worm beast, and even awaken its innate magic.

Mounts with awakened magical talents, regardless of race, are all expensive; he simply couldn't afford them.

On their way to the Corpse Cave, the two chatted.

Zhu Yu learned this from Bai Meng's account.

Every six months or a year, large and small corpse transport ships would deliver corpses to the corpse pit, and their quality and variety varied.

Some are humanoid, some are beast-like, and some are neither human nor beast-like corpses.

These things are not important. What is important is that Bai Meng said that some corpse species might have surprises hidden inside them, which is one of the reasons why he rushed to the "Corpse Cave".

"surprise?"

Zhu Yu looked at it with suspicion.

Bai Meng chuckled mysteriously and said, "Junior Brother Zhu will know what a surprise is once he encounters it. If he doesn't, there's no point in telling him..."

Seeing his mystical demeanor, Zhu Yu became even more curious about the large number of newly arrived corpses. "Could they be beast-like corpses with bloodlines? Or something else entirely?"

As I was thinking this, a soft light appeared in the darkness ahead.

Bai Meng's expression brightened with joy, "It really is the corpse transport ship..."

Zhu Yu, however, only saw a glimmer of light.

As you get closer, the view ahead suddenly opens up.

In front of the "Corpse Cave" palace, there was a huge ship nearly a hundred feet long, its body shimmering with powerful spiritual light. As you got closer, a heavy pressure surged over you.

At this time.

Many people had already stopped outside, pointing at the boats and excitedly discussing something with each other.

"snort…"

Bai Meng snorted and muttered, "They're here early." He then jumped down impatiently, leaping onto a blue stone and looking around.

Upon seeing this, his expression immediately became excited.

"It's actually a corpse transport ship returning from Qingping Spirit Ruins!"

"Qingping Spirit Ruins?"

Zhu Yuwei was taken aback. This was the first time he had heard of this place. Just from the name, he knew that it was a completely different place from the Spirit Ruins outside the Immortal Tomb of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

"The Heavenly Dao Sect is at war with other sects..."

A chill ran through him as he looked over and saw the laborers carrying bodies—some naked, some dressed in tattered robes, and some covered in blood and gore—out of the "corpse ship"...

Their appearances differed, but what they had in common was that each corpse had a bloody hole in its lower abdomen, as if it had been deliberately dug open to search for something.

"This is…"

Seemingly noticing his confusion, Bai Meng excitedly explained, "This time, the corpse transport ship brought here heretical cultivators from Qingping Spirit Ruins. These are all top-quality corpses..."

He talked nonstop, recounting all the information he knew about the Qingping Spirit Ruins.

A short while later.

Zhu Yu stared solemnly at the corpse carried by the servant, muttering, "Qingping Spirit Ruins, heretical cultivators..."

Just as he had thought.

The Heavenly Dao Sect is currently engaged in battle with another Spirit Ruins.

These corpses originated from the Qingping Sect of Qingping Spirit Ruins.