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

Leave Hong Xingwang Courtyard.

Zhu Yu didn't rush to leave the spirit field area. He wandered around for a while longer, and only after confirming that the senior brother he had never met probably wouldn't be appearing again did he turn around and leave with some regret.

The journey back.

The cultivators of the Spirit Field Palace walked towards their homes with smiles on their faces, talking loudly among themselves. Most of them were discussing whether the Spirit Field Palace had activated an array to drive away the insects.

Some people also felt that the insect infestation was not normal.

But when asked to speak, he couldn't articulate his thoughts clearly, so he could only keep them to himself.

Seeing that he hadn't heard any useful information, Zhu Yu no longer hesitated, channeled his spiritual power into his feet, and his figure flickered as he hurried towards the underworld.

Waiting for the waning moon to rise.

Zhu Yu returned to his own mound, entered the corpse ground, checked the tiger corpse, and after confirming that it was unharmed, left Xiao Yu and the licking insect Xiao Hei to guard the corpse ground, and slowly walked towards the wooden house.

They had just arrived in the courtyard.

Then a sound transmission talisman was seen floating above the door.

"Who is it?"

Zhu Yu was puzzled for a moment, then raised his hand to take the communication talisman. He scanned it with his divine sense, and Xiang Sui's voice rang in his mind.

"Junior Brother, please rest assured. Junior Brother Liang's injuries have healed, and he has entered the demon's lair with the Demon Slayer Guard. There may be some strange occurrences in the Underworld recently. Just pretend nothing is happening and don't get involved..."

The sound lasted for a moment, then slowly faded away.

"Something unusual?"

Zhu Yu sat in his chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table. After a few moments of contemplation, he suddenly thought of the insect plague in the Spirit Field region, and his senior brother, whom he had never met, who had given him a piece of the Spirit Ruins Origin.

"Will it be the same?"

He narrowed his eyes, a hint of anticipation in his heart.

If his guess is true, wouldn't that mean he could extract another source of spiritual energy from the Void?

Zhu Yu touched the overflowing spirit stones in his inner pocket and murmured, "It's time to go to the Scripture Repository..."

He had accumulated too many doubts and questions in his mind. Now that he was finally a little richer, it was time to go and see the legendary Dharma Pavilion, which contained all kinds of laws and methods.

Having made up his mind, he got up and went to the kitchen.

Store the freshly picked Starry Sky Tree branches and leaves, prepare food for Little Black's cultivation, start cooking your own meals, and prepare the potting soil for cultivating the Wood Spirit Flower.

After we finished eating and all the work was done...

Two crescent moons faintly appeared on the dome.

"Keep a close eye on the house."

Zhu Yu patted the little black head, and under its resentful gaze, he moved like the wind, carrying Xiao Yu down the mound.

Since breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, I can use my spiritual power to travel like this, and I don't have to worry about running out of spiritual power even after a whole day, which shows how strong my recovery is.

And its speed also increased dramatically, only slightly slower than Little Black who used innate magic...

Half an hour later.

A gray-white stone tower with the inscription "Shiwutang" (meaning "Hall of Things") comes into view.

Zhu Yu glanced at it, turned around and walked into the adjacent avenue, his steps as swift as the wind, and sped towards the depths of the avenue.

It didn't last long.

The outline of a tower-shaped building can be faintly seen in the distance.

We're closer now.

Then a gray-white stone tower, identical to the lecture hall and the affairs hall, stood on the ground, and people could be vaguely seen going in and out.

Approaching them.

Zhu Yu looked up and saw three powerful characters.

"Zangfa Pavilion".

"I wonder if it's really as the rumors say..."

Zhu Yu brushed off non-existent dust from his body, slowly stepped up the stairs, and entered through the door.

Upon entering.

A gentle breeze carrying the faint scent of ink blew across Zhu Yu's face, and he suddenly felt his mind clear, even his consciousness becoming more active.

"An array formation..."

For a moment I was surprised, then I looked around.

The Library of Dharma seemed to lack a second floor; massive bookshelves stretched all the way to the ceiling, displaying countless books, jade slips, and objects resembling bamboo boards and stone statues…

Inside the tower stood all sorts of cultivators, none of them speaking, all quietly reading books, jade slips, bamboo slips…

Around them hovered tiny figures with wings of various colors, helping to take down books or put jade slips back in their place, busy yet orderly.

Zhu Yu had barely stood still when a tiny, exquisitely cute little person with butterfly wings flew over. It approached him, bowed respectfully, and said, "I am Butterfly Two-Three, a book servant from the Hidden Dharma Pavilion. What book do you wish to consult? I can find it for you, Immortal Master."

She paused, then said earnestly with a serious expression:

"Reading books requires many spirit stones. It will cost one spirit stone for me to fetch books for you. That's the rule."

"it is good."

Zhu Yu nodded, examining the little figure and sensing the weak power within it, so different from spiritual energy, and asked curiously:

"What race are you?"

The little man looked at him with a puzzled expression. "I am a book slave."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu stopped asking questions and, after thinking for a moment, said, "I would like to learn about books on special talent spells."

"Please wait a moment, Immortal Master."

After a moment's hesitation, Die Ersan bowed slightly, its wings trembling, and headed straight for a corner of a bookstore. Before long, it returned carrying a heavy book that was enveloped in a faint fluorescent glow.

She reached out and handed it to Zhu Yu, then looked at him expectantly.

"Give."

Zhu Yu took out a spirit stone and handed it to the little man, then looked at the book cover, which had the words "Ten Types of Special Talent Techniques" written on it.

As his divine sense touched the book, which was shrouded in a protective barrier, a stream of information flooded into his mind.

Five contribution points are required to view this book.

"It's alright, not too expensive..."

Zhu Yu's thoughts flashed through his mind, and his gaze fell upon the little figure in front of him, who was nibbling on a spirit stone. Seeing its satisfied expression, he smiled and said:

"Besides this book, are there any similar ones?"

Butterfly Two hurriedly swallowed the spirit stone in its mouth and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes." Its sparse brows furrowed slightly, then it slapped its forehead and said happily, "I know! There are also 7,512 books and jade slips about the innate techniques of demonic insects..."

"?"

Zhu Yu decided to take back his previous words. How was this cheap? It was ridiculously expensive!

If I were to read them all, wouldn't that cost 40,000 spirit stones!

"Would you like me to fetch it all for you?"

Die Ersan looked on with anticipation.

"No."

Zhu Yu quickly shook his head and refused, taking out a thousand spirit stones and an identity token, asking it to be exchanged for contribution points. Then, he pointed the identity token at the book, and the seal immediately dissipated silently.

Gently turn the title page.

A pink spider image came into view.

Below is an introduction to it.

Originally a low-grade demonic insect, the Poisonous Widow, she accidentally fell into the spiritual liquid "Hundred Flower Miasma," awakening her special talent spell "Heart Eater."

The "Heart Eater" has the ability to distinguish between true and false affection between men and women. If the affection is true, it will eat one of the man's feet; if the affection is false, both the man and woman will be cursed. Those who are cursed will feel as if their hearts are being pricked by needles day and night, and the only way to get rid of the curse is to gouge out their hearts.

Note:

"The effect is halved when crossing minor realms, and has no effect when crossing major realms."

"Eating hearts... there's such a technique..."

Zhu Yu shook his head slightly and continued reading.

Time passed slowly.

After a while.

"call…"

Zhu Yu let out a soft sigh, his brows furrowed.

According to the records in the book.

The reason why special techniques are special is that they are created by an ant who, by chance, senses the bloodline imprint of a powerful creature and thus awakens.

Such bloodline inheritance techniques, which are not of the same bloodline, often have great flaws. If a cultivator were to transplant them into their body, there is a high chance that they would attract the gaze of that powerful being.

"It seems like it's not going to work out..."

Zhu Yu shook his head, summoned the little man, handed him the books, and said, "I need advanced visualization diagrams that match my natal elements of wood and earth." He paused, then quickly added, "Don't bring them to me yet. First, count how many books there are and introduce each one to me..."

"Huh..."