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

Chapter 456 Strange Divine Soul Crystal Blood Sun (Please Subscribe)

what...

Help...

The third child...

Terrified screams, lewd laughter, blood and stench as ink poured into water, spreading instantly.

One glance was enough to overwhelm Gou Lengzi. His pupils dilated instantly and remained so for several breaths. He collapsed to the ground, trembling as he covered his face, muttering, "You were all going to die anyway. It wasn't me, it wasn't me...."

Tap tap...

A series of footsteps sounded, then suddenly stopped.

The dog trembled even more, as if it hadn't heard anything, and kept muttering to itself with its head down.

"Well done..."

Zhu Yu leaned forward slightly, a slight smile playing on his lips.

In his eyes, this young man, who seemed somewhat insane from betraying his fellow human beings, was filled with no remorse for betraying them, only fear and the will to survive.

After observing for a few moments, he slowly reached out and placed his hand on Gou Lengzi's head.

"No...I..."

Dog Lengzi trembled all over, the suffocating fear making his words stutter.

Just as his thoughts were churning like a surging tide.

A soft, distant voice echoed in his ears.

"An immortal stroked my head, and bestowed upon me immortality..."

next moment.

Dog Lengzi then felt a chill rush down from the top of his head like a waterfall.

Before him, the condensed blood energy was like a firefly, extinguished without causing the slightest ripple. He felt as if he had been frozen into an ice block, and his consciousness slowly sank into darkness.

"Am I going to die...?"

"As expected, the supernatural is not to be trusted..."

Just when he thought he was going to die.

A sudden, intense pain washed over him like a tidal wave, instantly jolting Goulengzi awake from his dazed state. He couldn't describe the pain; it felt as if someone were cutting his flesh piece by piece with a knife, or as if someone were burning his soles inch by inch with flames.

He wanted to scream, to struggle, to die, but he couldn't do anything, and his mind was clearer than ever before.

"Want to live? By not being human, you'll actually survive..."

Just as his consciousness was overwhelmed by pain, a faint voice rang out from the depths of his consciousness, like a lifeline pulling him back from the brink of drowning.

"Yes, ah..."

Dog Lengzi's consciousness briefly returned to normal, only to be overwhelmed by a tidal wave of excruciating pain.

outside world.

Click...

A faint, almost inaudible cracking sound rang out, and the dog's skin, which had turned into a dark blue ice crystal, began to crack with countless tiny fissures.

With a "bang," he turned into dust and fell to the ground.

"It failed..."

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Seeing that Gou Lengzi had not turned into a monster as he had expected, Zhu Yu frowned slightly, his expression thoughtful.

"Did you use too much force?..."

Without giving it much thought, he figured it was just a foreign native. He was interested in helping it transform into a monster, but unfortunately, Gou Lengzi couldn't handle it, so he couldn't blame him.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a faint blue light out of the corner of his eye.

"Um?...

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Zhu Yu paused slightly, raised his hand, and a blue crystal as thin as a needle tip landed in his palm. Upon sensing it, his eyes widened in surprise.

"This is..."

In his perception, the blue crystal contained extremely faint divine soul energy, so faint that he would not normally even glance at it.

To his astonishment, the quality of this faint spiritual energy was exceptionally high, far exceeding that of his own spiritual essence.

It is important to know that the "Heavenly Dao Sect" primarily cultivates the divine soul.

It's simply unbelievable that a mere low-level martial artist's soul could produce such high-quality "soul crystals".

"Okay, okay, okay—"

Zhu Yu was overjoyed. He had originally thought that the most precious thing about the "Ghost Realm" was the ubiquitous monsters, but he never expected that people could also bring surprises.

Then he thought of something else.

Could this be the reason why monsters have a special fondness for living things?

Humans, or perhaps not only humans, but any living being, can produce "Soul Crystals"?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yu's divine sense spread out, and when he learned of the situation, his face darkened.

He intended to use it as a test subject, but in the short time he spent converting "Gou Lengzi," there were no living creatures left in "Xiaoxi Village."

"That's enough—"

Zhu Yu shook his head slightly. He would go to the "Yin-Yang Road" later to catch a few for testing. He then walked to the place where the "Yang Flame" disappeared.

A dry piece of land.

"Yangyan" was knocked over by Goulengzi and fell to the ground, disappearing from sight.

He crouched down, ready to unleash his mysterious domain at any moment, and reached out his hand, lightly touching the ground.

The result was that nothing was wrong.

There was nothing unusual about the land, and the "sunlight" had completely disappeared.

"Was it taken back? Or did it really disappear?"

Zhu Yu frowned, shook his head, and suppressed his thoughts. The "Yang Flame" was too high a level for him to explore at his current level.

Standing up, he gently shook the long banner, and the water ape, the ghost infant, and the ghost bride waiting beside him transformed into streams of light and entered the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner".

can be seen.

The body of the strange infant on the banner has been restored to its original state, which clearly shows that the villagers of "Xiaoxi Village" have benefited it greatly.

On the surface, the water ape didn't seem to have changed much, but after checking its information, he found that its cultivation level had increased by two points, and it was not far from breaking through to the "Blood Vengeance" stage.

The most significant change is in the "Cursed Bride," who has accumulated sufficient power and has begun to break through to the "Blood Travel" realm.

"Almost there, just three more days—"

Zhu Yu withdrew his thoughts and looked up at the sky. He saw that the originally dark and gloomy sky had been tinged with a faint blood-red color.

"Blood Moon—"

He paused for a few breaths, took a step, and transformed into billowing black smoke, disappearing into the dim world.

Only ruins remain, enduring the biting wind in the dim world. Perhaps before long, "Xiaoxi Village" will be swallowed up by the dust, just like countless other villages.

Not long after I left.

Zhu Yu then rode in the sedan chair of the golden boy and jade girl and strolled around the "Yin-Yang Path". Perhaps due to the influence of the "blood moon", he did not encounter a single person after half a day of strolling.

Seeing this, he did not linger and returned to Qingyang Temple.

In a single day, the "blood money" was melted down, and an "altar" suitable for the eerie atmosphere of the "ghost realm" was successfully forged using the "eye of true vision". A high-grade magic artifact carrying the aura of the original body was placed on the altar, and a stream of eerie power was infused into it to activate the formation.

Not surprisingly.

A dark vortex appeared.

Zhu Yu sent all the black-grade "black crystals" he had obtained from killing monsters a few days ago, along with some second-tier spiritual materials and the remaining 230,000 "blood coins" from the altar forging into the vortex.

He didn't go out after that. Instead, he used the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner" to gather strange energy to power the teleportation channel. He also picked up the remaining first and second-tier spiritual items, examined their characteristics, and deduced suitable recipes for monsters and humans.

I don't know how long it has been.

The dark vortex suddenly trembled for a moment, and a jade box covered with countless spirit-sealing talismans flew out from it.

Zhu Yu took the jade box, his gaze dark. "Three divine talismans—even the 'Lord of a Thousand Eyes' can't stop me from slaying the 'Stone Spirit'—"

He did not remove the spirit-sealing talisman, but opened his mouth slightly and swallowed it into his body, using the Ghost Domain to conceal his aura that did not belong to the "Ghost Realm".

"The Day of the Blood Moon—"

Looking at the increasingly crimson clouds outside, he murmured to himself, closed his eyes and concentrated, absorbing the strange energy to cultivate while deducing the pill formula.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

This day.

Zhu Yu, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, suddenly sensed that the eerie aura around him was increasing exponentially. He opened his eyes and saw a crimson expanse.

"Blood Moon..."

He stood up, stepped into the courtyard, and looked up at the sky.

A huge, blood-red moon of unknown size hung in the sky. Just one glance at it and he suddenly felt the strange power within him ignite, surging violently and burning fiercely.

Uncontrollably, billowing black energy spread from his pores, and upon contact with the eerie energy from the outside world, a feeling of perfect harmony arose in his heart.

Zhu Yu vaguely sensed that if he were to unleash the "Mysterious Domain" in this state, both its range and power would increase dramatically.

Because his affinity with the strange energy suddenly surged, the speed at which his strange energy recovered also surged.

But there are advantages and disadvantages.

The downside is that this state is like being injected with adrenaline; his strength seems to increase dramatically, but it consumes the soul that occupies his body. He has a vague feeling that if he doesn't replenish enough of his essence before the state disappears...

His physical body and soul will suffer severe damage, and he may be exposed as a result.

"Is this the day of the blood moon...?"

Zhu Yuxin suddenly understood why monsters would attack human towns on the day of the Blood Moon.

The reason is that if a monster does not devour enough humans to replenish its own soul, its soul will be severely damaged. For ordinary monsters, if their soul is severely damaged, they can replenish it by devouring their own kind.

However, for monsters with complete logical memories, once their souls are severely damaged, their complete logical memories are very likely to be severely damaged as well. Their cultivation level remains the same, but the monster is no longer the same monster.

"The Water Ape probably became a spiritless monster because it didn't replenish its depleted soul during the Blood Moon..."

While Zhu Yu was pondering this.

He suddenly sensed a grand will descending from the sky, different from the sword intent of "True Lord Qingping" and the will of "Little Ancestor Qingji" that sealed the heavens and the earth.

This will is cold and lifeless, implying destruction.

Willpower comes quickly, but it also fades quickly.

"Shall we meet at Heishui Market?"

Zhu Yu's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

This trip out.

Once the "Stone Spirit" is killed, whether he escapes or is forced to leave the "Ghost Realm," he will definitely not return.

just in case.

It is best to hide the "altar" in a suitable place.

Once the Blood Day is over, the beacon can be returned to "Master Mi" and the others.

Without much thought, Zhu Yu packed his belongings and stepped into the sedan chair.

whee--

The boy and girl, laughing and joking, carried the sedan chair down the mountain.

Because of the "blood moon".

The monsters became more active, and the fighting became more frequent.

Not long after.

Then we came to the tall archway with the words "Qingyang" inscribed on it.

Zhu Yu stepped out, his gaze sweeping around at the strange beings queuing to enter the town. His eyes lit up, and he thought to himself, "So many!"

With just a glance, he saw hundreds of strange creatures, many of which he had never seen before, a veritable parade of a hundred ghosts.

"I really want to wipe them all out—"

Zhu Yu looked on with great envy. These were all strange creatures with complete logical memories, which could be nurtured as the main soul of the "Ten Thousand Soul Banner". They were not comparable to those soulless strange creatures.

Suppressing his thoughts, he emitted black light from his body, took the ghostly sedan chair and the golden boy and jade girl into his "ghostly domain," and strode towards the town.

And then we entered the town.

The once sparse street was now crowded with all sorts of strange and bizarre creatures. After walking less than a hundred meters, he sensed the aura of four or five "Blood Realm" monsters.

"There are so many—"

Zhu Yu was surprised for a moment, but when he thought that this place might be a gathering place for one-third of the elite monsters of the Blackwater Mountains, he was no longer so surprised.

They hadn't been gone long.

Strange stalls began to appear on both sides of the street, selling all sorts of bizarre and grotesque items, much like the strange creatures themselves.

There are bizarre bones and skin, black crystals, and strange herbs and plants—

Zhu Yu strolled around, then suddenly stopped in front of a stall. He squatted down, pointed to three small, crimson grasses on the stall, and asked the stall owner, a strange creature resembling a frog from the "Blood Wanderer" realm, "How much?"

The frog's clear black and white pupils glanced at him, its mouth slightly open, and a tongue with a human face branded on its surface extended out, from which the human face spoke: "Ribbit—five thousand blood coins, five hundred ghost crystals—"

Zhu Yu nodded slightly. Compared to three second-tier spiritual materials, this price was incredibly cheap. However, since he had transferred all his blood money and ghost crystals to his main body, he was now penniless.

He memorized the frog's scent and casually said, "I am Qingyangzi of Qingyang Temple, and I am most skilled in alchemy. Could I exchange these three herbs for Brother Gui's alchemy?"

As he spoke, he prepared to get up and leave, hoping to encounter the frog again later and retrieve the spiritual material from it. To his surprise,

The frog-like monster seemed to know what alchemy was, and exclaimed in shock, "You're an alchemist!" It paused, then quickly added, "The kind of elixirs humans eat? Can monsters eat them too?—"

Zhu Yu glanced at the Frog Demon in surprise, nodded slightly, and said proudly, "In my previous life, I was a master of alchemy."

"hiss--"

The human face on the frog's tongue gasped, stammering, "My apologies, my apologies, I didn't expect it to be a master in person—"

As it spoke, it pointed to the items on the stall and asked, "Could Master Qingyang use these materials to refine a pill?"

He paused, then added, "If it succeeds, these three 'evil herbs' will be given to Alchemist Qingyang. I also have another request, and the reward will certainly not disappoint you—"

As it spoke, it even tugged at its paws.

"This frog is surprisingly intelligent and even a little human-like—"

Zhu Yu glanced at it, said nothing, and with a flick of his wrist, the materials on the stall disappeared.

The smiling human face on the frog's tongue froze instantly, its eyes flashing with blood-red light.

Before it could get angry and demand its belongings back, Zhu Yu's "Mysterious Domain" expanded and manifested as a three-legged cauldron in front of it.

"hiss--"

The frog looked at the seemingly respectable Zhu Yu, then at the alchemy cauldron, suppressed its anger, and waited.

moment.

Zhu Yu raised his hand and waved it, and a pill the size of a human head, gleaming with a hazy light, flew out from it.

As you can see, it looks as if it were forcibly kneaded together from various things, with a particularly noticeable exposed white finger bone.

The human face on the frog's tongue frowned as it looked at the pill, then at the confident Zhu Yu, and said coldly, "Are you sure this is a pill?"

Although it is a strange creature, it knows about elixirs and has even eaten them. But this one in front of it doesn't look like an elixir at all. Instead, it looks like a lump of things forcibly kneaded together.

Zhu Yu gestured with his hand in a polite gesture, and said calmly, "We'll know once we try."

Although he didn't know exactly what the effects of this dumpling, which had been mixed with the strange domain, were, he was certain that the monsters could eat it.

As for what might happen after eating it.

You'll know once you try it!