Starting with the consumables of the Demonic Sect, one can barely achieve immortality.

What did the old man understand before he died?

Yan Cheng only needed to think about it briefly afterward to understand.

As the sun and moon alternate, a sliver of light does indeed pierce through the sea of ​​mist above the Hall of Longevity.

However, this moment may not necessarily coincide with the bright moon hanging high in the sky outside.

At least this time, sunlight shone in instead of moonlight.

But what ability do the corpse cultivators inside the hall have to calculate the exact time?

They could not see the scenery beyond the fog, and they could only calculate the current time by relying on their physical sense of time.

If you miscalculate, you'll lose your life.

But even if you're lucky enough to catch the moonlight shining in, so what?

The "Yin Shi Xing Sha Jue" does not contain any method for drawing moonlight to infuse the head. The practitioners thought they would die if they did not succeed, but in fact, from the very beginning, there was no possibility of success.

The hardship of being seen as a consumable item by important figures is the same in any world.

To catch a glimpse of the moon in the sky, one would probably have to step out of the boundless sea of ​​mist that shrouds the entire Hall of Longevity.

That's no longer something a Qi Refining cultivator in the early stages should be considering.

Now, Yan Cheng only has one question left that he doesn't understand:

Why should the old man know about the moonlight initiation?

The great figures must know that these few verses alone are not enough to enable the lesser practitioners to achieve anything.

It only accelerated the consumption of the corpse cultivators and wasted a batch of materials that could have been used to refine corpse puppets.

That is to say, the potential benefits of encouraging the lower cultivators to blindly try out this Moonlight Initiation method outweigh the loss of a mere dozen or so corpse puppets.

An absurd idea popped into Yan Cheng's mind:

"Could it be... that they're testing the Moon Essence Tempering technique on a few corpse cultivators whose lives aren't particularly important?"

"How could a dignified immortal sect named after Taiyin possibly need to force corpse cultivators to sacrifice their lives to test even the foundational methods used by cultivators of the Shangyin and Taiyin lineages during their Qi cultivation!"

"Unless... the higher-ups weren't intentionally only giving the corpse cultivators incomplete cultivation techniques, but rather they didn't have any legitimate methods at their disposal?"

In an instant, Yan Cheng felt the inheritance of the "Upper Yin Heaven Corpse Dao Chapter" become incredibly heavy, and cold sweat poured down his face.

The secret of how the Hidden Immortal Mirror can deduce cultivation techniques is not something that outsiders can know.

However, once the fact that one possesses the complete Dharma of cultivation is exposed, the outcome will likely be ten times more tragic than dying from a body explosion!

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After today's events, Yan Cheng felt he had to find a suitable reason for his rapid cultivation, otherwise he would be targeted sooner or later.

Therefore, he quickly paid the extra three strands of evil energy and registered to participate in the Dao Teaching Hall convened by a mid-stage Qi Refining Corpse Cultivator.

Huang Tong would preach in the temple for free on the first and fifteenth of each month.

But what this Yin thing teaches is all vague and ethereal Taoist doctrines, which the living corpses, who had no foundation in life, simply cannot understand.

It's as if they wished the entire hall of living corpses could be depleted of their energy and transformed into the soul lamps above their heads.

The content in the Narrative Hall is relatively more detailed, mainly focusing on dissecting the difficulties that corpse cultivators encounter in their daily cultivation.

Yan Cheng didn't think that any of the corpse cultivators in the hall had the ability to guide his cultivation.

It's always good to learn more about the basics of spiritual practice in the classroom and to gain a deeper understanding of the current environment.

Wasn't the old man who claimed to have received divine guidance in a dream the one who died because of insufficient information?

The Hidden Immortal Mirror can reveal information about most extraordinary things to Yan Cheng; however, the knowledge and cultivation that cannot be seen must be supplemented by the words of others.

The three strands of malevolent energy he used to pay the hall fees were the old man's belongings.

Even if we round it up, we should at least bring the elderly person along to listen in, to make up for any regrets they might have had before their death.

The lecturer of the Shudao Hall, whose Daoist name was Tiantong, was a young man with red lips and white teeth. He wore a crane cloak and spoke and laughed freely. He was the corpse cultivator that Yan Cheng had seen who had the most lifelike aura.

The Heaven of the Heavenly Child is the Heaven of the Heavenly Corpse.

The "Shangyintian Corpse Dao Chapter" states that when a corpse cultivator reaches the peak of Qi Refining, with their essence, energy, and spirit all perfectly complete, they are called a Heavenly Corpse, meaning an excellent corpse bestowed upon cultivators by Heaven for possession and reincarnation.

Therefore, most ancient cultivators who reached this stage would immediately attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, thus eliminating the possibility of being possessed by covetous cultivators.

Tian Tong means a child with excellent innate talent and potential to become a celestial corpse.

Of course, Yan Cheng doubted whether the Emperor had any intention of letting the corpse cultivators reach the Foundation Establishment stage, since the "Yin Corpse Walking and Killing Technique" did not include a Foundation Establishment chapter.

However, Tian Tong, who is currently only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, obviously doesn't need Yan Cheng to worry about him.

This fellow was sitting comfortably on the back of a female corpse as large as a mountain, talking eloquently, with a silver thread tightly wrapped around the corpse's neck, like a leash for a dog or horse.

As the silk thread in Tiantong's hand loosened slightly, the female corpse's muscles immediately swelled, her magnificent body lines undulating, almost causing him to fall off her high-arched back.

But this guy just chuckled and pulled the silver thread tight, and the female corpse beneath him returned to her docile state from the beginning.

"Envious, aren't you? This was a gift from Senior Sister Huang when I broke through to the mid-stage."

"Women from the mountains are different; they have the blood of demonic beasts flowing through their veins, and they become so fierce with just a little stimulation."

"Fortunately, my senior sister didn't turn it into a corpse puppet, otherwise it would have been no fun."

None of the corpse cultivators sitting cross-legged around him found it interesting; their faces were all terrifyingly gloomy.

This wasn't the first time Tiantong had gone off-topic. By the time Yan Cheng started to regret not staying in his room to cultivate, someone finally raised their hand to ask a question, bringing the topic back on track:

"I have a question about my next study, and I humbly request your guidance, senior brother."

"Recently, a group of fellow disciples were waiting outside the hall for the moonlight to penetrate, but unfortunately, they lost their lives in the morning light..."

"I wonder if the Moonlight Initiation method taught by the monks at their gate is genuine or not, and whether it is the key for us to attain the Great Dao!"

This thought has long been in the minds of many, yet no one dares to ask it.

The smile on Tian Tong's face froze instantly, and it took him a while to recover before he chuckled and said:

"The sect's secret techniques are beyond the comprehension of cultivators like us."

"I can only advise you all that if you wish to cultivate peacefully to the peak of Qi Refining, seek that slight possibility of establishing an immortal foundation."

"From this moment on, forget about the moonlight bathing your body completely."

As one of the few corpse cultivators in the palace who received high regard from the upper echelons, he clearly knew far more than the other cultivators:

"The sun's rays melt the frost and transform it into spring dew, gathering all the yang energy, which is the great sun's radiant golden essence."

"The moon's shadow condenses into cassia leaves and forms clear frost, concealing and gathering all yin, which is called the clear yin and mysterious essence of cassia."

"In this world, these two items are almost extinct. It is said that even in the immortal sects, the stock is extremely limited."

"Every night, the Palace Master drives the sea of ​​mist to reveal a sliver of space, hoping to use a spiritual treasure to condense the essence of the sun and moon, but even after a hundred years, he has not succeeded."

"If someone truly receives the Moon's Essence Initiation, let alone merely cultivating at the Qi Refining stage, even achieving the Golden Core would be a certainty!"

Under the horrified gazes of the other cultivators, the white-cloaked, elegant cultivator revealed a faint smile:

"Such a rare item, if it were to actually fall into your hands..."

"Gentlemen... do you really think this is a stroke of good fortune?"