Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

For various reasons, a demon was awakened, and the farm began a long series of extraordinary events.

Although the demon couldn't truly reveal its form, it still managed to cause trouble every day. At first, it only dragged away blankets and killed goats, but later it simply smashed the house to pieces and hung the woman of the house upside down in mid-air, swinging her back and forth...

...This incident caused a huge uproar; several people died, and dozens of residents were affected.

Several psychics and exorcists from nearby states who thought they had some ability came, and good heavens, they were almost wiped out.

This even alarmed the authorities, and a battle-hardened general led his troops to garrison the area.

It is said that the military possesses great malevolent energy, which is extremely effective in suppressing ordinary evil spirits.

But in the end, the general fled in a sorry state, and the troops almost collapsed and scattered due to lack of morale.

That Chiang Kai-shek was none other than Andrew, the seventh president of the United States. He was so frightened that he exclaimed, "I would rather deal with an entire fleet of the Great Ye than spend a night at the Bell House."

This is an extraordinary event that Aramco has officially acknowledged.

Shouchongzi was hiding here.

He chose this place because of its unique feng shui, where auspicious and inauspicious energies alternate, which was perfect for his ceremony.

Speaking of Shou Chongzi, he and Uncle Tie have known each other since they were teenagers, both of them starting out in the martial arts world at a young age without any support. The two spent several years together, supporting and encouraging each other. They are somewhat reminiscent of Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong from the TV series "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

But reality is not a novel. People are different, and the biggest difference lies in their innate talents and their acquired circumstances.

After years of hardship and good fortune, the two had achieved some minor success and learned some basic magic. Calling them extraordinary beings was only a superficial understanding; they were essentially just dabbling in things without real understanding.

Later, Uncle Tie rescued an old Taoist priest, who was actually a Taoist priest from Shangqing Temple on Maoshan Mountain. The old Taoist priest saw that he was simple-minded and highly talented, so he took him back to Maoshan.

Shouchongzi, on the other hand, met another very skilled martial arts master and decided to learn from him.

The main problem was that Shou Chongzi failed the old Taoist priest's test; his temperament and talent did not meet the standard.

Shou Chongzi was a bit extreme; in a fit of anger, he followed the sorcerer. Although he knew his sorcerer master wasn't exactly upright…

Later, the two went their separate ways. Uncle Tie abandoned unorthodox methods and started his own path from scratch.

Shou Chongzi followed the evil master, not only doing no good, but also treating him as a servant and pawn, and even using evil magic on him.

Those years were a living hell for Shou Chongzi. If it weren't for good luck, he would have died like his fellow disciples who had also become disciples.

It was also because of his many misdeeds that the sorcerer made a mistake, giving Shouchongzi an opportunity.

Although he was under the control of evil magic, he still had a foundation in magic, so he took the opportunity to kill the sorcerer, avenge his great grudge, and also obtained the evil tome from the sorcerer.

However, since talent is something innate, breaking through it is by no means easy. Even if one cultivates unorthodox methods, the initial progress is quick, but overcoming the bottleneck is difficult.

Despite the revival of psionic energy for several years, he remained stuck at the Black Iron 5-star level, unable to advance any further. He had cultivated 330 spells, yet his cultivation level remained completely stagnant.

His talent could only support him to reach the Black Iron 5-star level, which is the limit for most extraordinary individuals.

But after going through countless hardships and near-death experiences, and even committing numerous heinous crimes and sins to get to where I am today, you're telling me I can't make any more progress? What was the point of all the experiences and sacrifices I've made over the years?

Some extraordinary individuals are willing to go to any lengths to break through their current level.

Thus, Shou Chongzi devised the method of making human elixir!

Ancient emperors all dreamed of refining elixirs of immortality, and alchemy was a unique and long-standing profession of the Celestial Empire, with a very long history.

However, alchemy is a very high-end and expensive activity.

Just like in the Western supernatural world, the lineage of alchemists is extremely important, and it's not something that ordinary people can afford to do.

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In ancient times, alchemists could only obtain sufficient materials for alchemy by attaching themselves to the royal family.

The most successful alchemist was none other than Sun Simiao, the Medicine King of the Tang Dynasty!

He first learned medical skills, then immortal skills, and finally transformed immortal skills into great medical skills, refining many safe and reliable medical pills such as Taiyi Divine Essence Pill and Five Spirits Pill, and finally lived to the age of 101 and ascended to immortality!

This is somewhat similar to Lucy, the female protagonist in "Lucy," whose body eventually decomposes after absorbing an excessive amount of a new type of growth hormone drug, and whose spirit instantly becomes one with all things, possessing supernatural powers and omnipresent.

However, since the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the consequences of poisoning, death, and spiritual conflicts caused by external alchemy, Taoists have mostly turned to internal alchemy cultivation techniques, without relying on external objects.

The method of internal alchemy uses the practitioner's own body as a furnace and essence, qi, and spirit as medicine. Through a series of special cultivation techniques, a "golden elixir" is refined within the practitioner's body to attain the Great Dao.

However, the Golden Elixir Path has extremely high requirements for aptitude. Shou Chongzi even has difficulty entering the Dao normally, so the Golden Elixir Path is just a pipe dream.

Therefore, Shou Chongzi followed the path of human alchemy, which was the most heretical of all heretical paths.

Humans are the most intelligent of all beings, possessing an innate Daoist body. A human body is truly precious!

Most monsters that want to go far must first transform into human form.

Didn't Uncle Tie perform a giant transformation ceremony for Grandma Dongmei's Five Immortals a month ago?

That was a momentous event for the Five Immortals. An incomplete transformation meant no future.

Since humans are so precious, even more so than many extraordinary materials, and yet so readily available, why not use these precious and readily available humans to refine pills?!

Shou Chongzi called it the great medicine for human health!

Shou Chongzi's method of creating the elixir of immortality is, in some ways, quite similar to the Western alchemical practice of human transmutation. Both are among the most forbidden of all.

The West has the famous artificial human Frankenstein, which represents a similar forbidden path to the extraordinary.

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Eight lush trees grow in this valley. Strangely, these trees have bizarre shapes, and their leaves are different from those of the surrounding trees. The eight trees also ripple with faint spiritual energy fluctuations. These are not ordinary trees; they are extraordinary trees, known in the Celestial Empire as spiritual roots.

If we're being honest, Zhao Hao's magical mango tree could also be considered a spiritual root.

These eight different kinds of spiritual roots could not possibly have grown naturally in this place. They were planted by Shou Chongzi.

Spiritual roots are precious, so they couldn't just be planted anywhere and expect them to live. In fact, these eight spiritual roots had already become corrupted, and buried beneath the roots was a corpse that had awakened spiritual energy. That's how Shou Chongzi nurtured them little by little!

Shou Chongzi obtained an evil Gu technique in the southeast, which can turn ordinary people into mutants.

These forced mutants are the nourishment for his eight spiritual roots.

Beneath the eight spirit root trees, each stood a large black urn, about half a person's height, with raised, mysterious symbols on its surface. Red candles and three sticks of incense burned in front of the urns.

This urn is no ordinary urn; it's a bone-corroding urn mixed with the ashes and paper money of those who died unjustly. If a person is placed inside, their bones will quickly dissolve…

Outside the eight spirit root trees were various pits that looked terrifying.

The pits were filled with all sorts of strange insects, which were extraordinary insects that had been refined through Gu magic. Now they were devouring each other in the several large pits, making soft cracking sounds.

Further out, four large apricot-yellow banners were erected, each inscribed with one of the following: Benevolence! Righteousness! The Way! Virtue!

It appears to be full of dark humor.

At this moment, the last rays of sunlight on the western hills faded away, and the stars in the sky began to become clear.

A full moon slowly rose in the sky, and miraculously, it had a reddish hue...

"This time there's no mistake, right?" the fat man asked.

"It can't be wrong." Zhao Hao looked at the compass in his hand.

These past two weeks haven't been a complete waste of time; each operation has yielded further information, narrowed the search area, and provided more specific intelligence.

On this Gengshen night, the moon here is blood red, and this time we've definitely caught the real target.

Shouchongzi himself was probably prepared for this; no matter how cunning he was, he was bound to face this situation eventually.

Those who commit too many evil deeds will inevitably face calamity at this critical moment.

As Zhao Hao and the fat man approached the small valley, a thin mist suddenly appeared.

The two were separated almost in the blink of an eye.

Shouchongzi was indeed prepared...

Zhao Hao wasn't worried about the fat guy either. He was already a bronze-level expert, so he didn't need to worry about such a small matter.

He walked straight toward the entrance of the valley, completely unaffected by the inverted Five Elements Formation's orientation.

However, there were other arrangements within this formation, and a faint chanting sounded in Zhao Hao's ears.

"Fallen blossoms fill the sky, obscuring the moonlight; I borrow a cup to offer on the Phoenix Terrace; the Empress Dowager, with tears in her eyes, offers incense, willing to sacrifice herself to repay her parents..."

A shadowy figure dressed in opera costume was singing "The Princess Changping" in a mournful, tearful voice.

Zhao Hao stopped and listened for a while.

The actress began to recount her tragic life story... In this era, there were other ways out, so who would choose to become an actress?

After enduring countless hardships, one day he finally became a star and was supported by others.

However, he met the wrong person...

"Ugh, that bastard Shou Chongzi has gone too far!" Anger welled up in Zhao Hao's heart.

This Shouchongzi used sweet words to trick people into using their bodies as alchemical furnaces. After killing them, he even used the souls of the dead to prevent them from being reincarnated, turning them into vengeful ghosts to continue to be used by him.

He also said he loves her opera singing the most!

Is this guy even human?

Besides Uncle Tie's request, Zhao Hao also began to harbor the idea of ​​killing this person from the bottom of his heart.

"My lord, I had no choice in this situation, I'm so sorry..." the female ghost cried as she spoke, tears streaming down her face.

It turned out that while he was singing and speaking, the surrounding environment had changed, and the five elements were operating, like a millstone, trying to crush and refine Zhao Hao.

The female ghost's mournful cries were also part of the formation.

Zhao Hao waved his hand, "You're also a person with a tragic fate, so how can I blame you? Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. I'll deal with that old bastard first, and then we'll talk..." With that, he flicked his hand and put the female ghost into a transcendent pearl.

As for this formation...

Zhao Hao clenched his fist and threw a punch!

"You old bastard Shouchongzi, prepare to die!"

Boom!

The force of the fist surged forward like a giant dragon, causing the formation to collapse in an instant. Then, the earth cracked and stretched all the way to the entrance of the valley!

It was as if the earth had split open!

"Holy crap!" the fat man exclaimed in surprise. He was having a great time using his golden mace to capture ghosts.

These are all vengeful ghosts with some cultivation and spiritual power; they are very rare.

As a result, Zhao Hao's punch cracked the ground!