From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Fine, I'll lend you a hand!"

Jiang Liu felt something, and Zhen Yuanzi then passed on the Supreme Heaven-Opening Talisman.

Zhang Zhiwei obtained the Supreme Heaven-Opening Talisman Method, comprehended his true nature, and with a thought, he opened up his mental landscape, which remained constant, making his path to the Dao completely stable.

After he crossed the Yangsui River, Zhen Yuanzi jumped out from his body, wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, and said with a hearty laugh, "You've gained a great benefit."

"What benefits? It's clearly my reward for helping you cross the river."

He said that, but Zhang Zhiwei was grateful in his heart.

If he were to figure it out on his own, it might take him a hundred or two hundred years to do so.

"Tch, they're getting a good deal and then acting innocent."

After saying this, Zhen Yuanzi stopped dwelling on the matter and headed towards the Lingxing Palace.

Above the Lingxing Hall is a deep ravine, narrow and steep, yet orderly. Its two walls are inlaid with ancient jade stones, some deep red and some dark green, which are stuck together to form a whole.

According to the records in "Guanshan Excavation Records", these jade stones were sacrificial objects buried in the mountains when ancient shamanistic culture was prevalent.

Perhaps because Zhang Zhiwei possessed light, the people walking on the plank road discovered a dark figure appearing in the jade disc.

The figure was roughly human-shaped, with four arms that could be vaguely seen, but no facial features. It emerged from the gap between the jade discs, a dark, liquid-like substance, resembling rice paste or snot, rushing towards Zhang Zhiwei.

Boom!

Zhang Zhiwei unleashed a burst of lightning, scattering it in all directions, only for it to quickly reassemble, like a wisp of black smoke, and disappear into a nearby cave, vanishing without a trace.

"What the hell?"

Zhang Zhiwei could sense that his lightning magic hadn't caused much damage to the black, slimy creature; in fact, a portion of it had disintegrated into its most basic Qi state and been absorbed by it...

It fled mainly because the lightning spell had slammed it against the jade wall, causing it some pain...

In other words, that puddle of slime can only be damaged by physical means?

"It's not absolute, but the special abilities constructed from Qi can't have much effect on it." Zhen Yuanzi saw it clearly just now and realized that the pool of viscous liquid could decompose special abilities made of Qi, which was a kind of instinct. However, after Qi was used to construct special abilities, it also had the properties of corresponding natural elements. These attached properties, such as the heat of fire and the violence of lightning, could still cause damage to it.

of course.

The effect is even better in the event of natural lightning, wildfires, or other similar events.

"Could that be the Corpse Immortal?"

Zhang Zhiwei came to his senses and asked Zhen Yuanzi, "Why didn't you put it in your sleeve?"

"I can't touch it."

Zhen Yuanzi has already seen through its true nature.

It is called a Corpse Immortal, but it is actually Corpse Moss, a type of moss that has been transformed by the influence of higher-dimensional forces. It can parasitize the human body and keep it from decaying for thousands of years, but it can also turn the parasitized person into a puppet.

In ancient times, the four-armed deity was killed by humans. His head was outside the coffin, while his body was inside. This was because the physical bodies of these high-dimensional beings on Earth were quite special. Although the head was also the main carrier for thought activities, the key core was in the abdomen, that is, the lower dantian.

Therefore.

Even if the head is severed, as long as the lower dantian is intact, it can be revived by receiving a special magnetic field.

Just like the molting turtle found in Tibet, the entire life system is divided into four parts: the shed shell, the core that resembles a sphere, the special black mucus substance that can form the internal organs, and the skin covered with green hair.

The shell can connect with the Earth's magnetic field and transform it into a special force field, which connects with the core inside the molting turtle's body, providing a continuous source of energy for the internal organs and the brain, which are made up of black, mushy mucus.

The same reason.

The same is true of the four-armed deity who perished here.

The flesh and brain of the severed head immediately turned into a pool of mud, flowing into the earth. Over millions of years, it was eroded away by the forces of nature and returned to one. The incredibly hard skull also merged with the mountains and rivers, forming the head-shaped mountain outside the Wuxia Coffin Mountain.

The headless corpse's abdomen was ripped open, destroying the core that resembled a ghostly sphere... However, even with such a large size, its heart could still exist independently, maintaining the most basic life characteristics.

Therefore, its heart was pierced, and to prevent it from possibly reviving, it was hidden in an open coffin mountain, where it was refined and obliterated by the power of the Zhou Qi Bureau.

finally.

This higher-dimensional incarnation on Earth was completely obliterated.

Unexpectedly, the corpse it left behind merged with the mountains and rivers, forming its own unique aura and generating a touch of spirituality, which then possessed a wild boar that happened to be entering the "lower dantian" area in the mountains.

The wild boar's spirit knew that although it originated from the aura of the four-armed deity, it was no longer the original being descended from a higher dimension. When it encountered visitors from higher dimensions again, they would be enemies, not friends. In order to survive, it could only strive to cultivate while integrating into the intelligent beings native to Earth.

When he attained human form, the people of the Wuxia Gorge were suffering from the floods. He felt that an opportunity had come and volunteered to manage the floods. This would allow him to integrate into the human community and gain the worship of the people, achieving two goals at once.

As for whether this will disrupt the auspicious energy of the Wuxia Coffin Mountain...

He himself doesn't care.

After all, the spirit already has a physical body, so there's no use in leaving it in the Wuxia Coffin Mountain.

However, he lived as a wild boar for many years and was influenced by his wild nature. Although he was successful in controlling the floods, he was also cruel by nature. He would kill his subordinates if things didn't go his way. He even made young girls into human stools just so that they would be more comfortable to sit on!

After successfully controlling the floods, he was bestowed the title of Prince of Longchuan by the imperial court. However, due to his excessive drinking and drunkenness, he was beheaded by his long-discontented populace.

Demons that have attained human form do not revert to their original form when killed, as is depicted in supernatural tales.

Demons that can revert to their original form are mostly those that have not attained true human form; they are merely using illusions and tricks, and are not worth mentioning.

Those who cultivate to become human beings naturally possess the aura of a human body. They are constantly influenced by this aura, and the genes of their physical cells are no different from those of humans. They are living, breathing human beings. How could they revert to their original wild boar form just because their heads are cut off?

After its death, its spirit returned to the Qi realm, and in a fit of rage, released locusts to devour the crops. It also commanded mountain spirits to poison the water source, causing a plague that made it impossible for the local people to live in peace.

After venting his anger, that spirit had enjoyed human life, but could no longer return to his original life as a spirit of mountains and rivers. With the power of his aura, he distorted the magnetic field and influenced the dreams of the local people. He instructed them to bury his body in the "lower dantian" place in Corpse Mountain through a dream, and then injected corpse moss into it. In other words, he used the aura created by the corpse of a high-dimensional deity to influence the moss plant to create something new.

Unlike ordinary plants, mosses have stems and leaves but no roots, making them more like fungi, yet they can photosynthesize, making them a highly creative plant.

The corpse lichen created based on this, once integrated into a human body and stimulated by its spirit, will dissipate in a short time, rapidly merge with human cells, complete gene-level recombination, and undergo a completely new evolution. Even if the body is torn to pieces, it can heal in a very short time.

But the problem is—

After the spirit merged with the corpse and began to evolve at the physical level, the coffin was missing a fleshy head, but instead had a head made of gold placed around its neck.

Moreover, the coffin was sealed extremely tightly, airtight, and isolated from the mountain's energy, thus inadvertently "sealing" him inside, making it impossible for him to come out.

It wasn't until the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, when Feng Shigu disregarded the ancestral precept against robbing the innermost tomb within Coffin Mountain, that he ventured deep into the heart of the Wuyang King's tomb, opened the coffin, and released the headless Longchuan King. Only then did the spirit of the king re-emerge, wreaking havoc and venting its rage. It wasn't until Feng Shigu pierced and bound it with his sword that it realized it needed a new body and set its sights on Feng Shigu…

If it were merely a matter of swords drawing blood, why would Feng Shigu believe that a Corpse Immortal had attained enlightenment?

The "immortal" encountered in the so-called "Encountering Immortals at Coffin Mountain" is not the headless body, but the spirit within the body!

It is precisely because one's mind is bewitched by spiritual desires that one's temperament changes drastically.

However, Feng Shigu was not completely possessed by that spirit. During the period of his sealing, the spirit merged half of its will into the remaining corpse moss—

During his time as a human being, he also learned a lesson:

Don't put all your eggs in one basket!

However, it never expected that Feng Shigu would actually forge a one-legged bronze figure and construct a ring based on the integrated properties of the Yangsui material and magnetic field. By a twist of fate, one half of it remained trapped in the coffin with Feng Shigu, while the other half was also unable to get out, trapped in this "lower dan" area and unable to leave.

The aura formed by the four-armed deity's corpse and the surrounding mountains and rivers naturally contains corresponding "information," but even a skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice.

It is not the four-armed deity itself, and it does not possess the power of the mind. It cannot break through the laws of physiology with just the corpse moss as a vessel. It can only succeed by finding a movable physical body.

Therefore.

Sensing Zhang Zhiwei's near-perfect physical body, it couldn't resist rushing towards him.

But he was blasted away by the lightning and hurriedly fled!

This corpse moss also carries its own special magnetic field. If it comes into contact with Zhen Yuanzi, a deity constructed from Qi, field, and a part of Jiang Liu's soul, it is very likely to trap him inside.

"That thing can trap you?"

Zhang Zhiwei found it unbelievable.

"I am Jiang Liu, but Jiang Liu is not me. Don't be fooled by my current appearance; I don't have a real physical body. I even need to borrow your body to pass through the Yangsui mirror."

Zhen Yuanzi said, “Of course, ordinary methods of binding spirits cannot do anything to me, after all, I am not actually a spirit or an elf.”

But that corpse moss was created by the intelligence of a higher-dimensional being, and it possesses a very special magnetic field operation mode...

Although its physical form is quite fragile—an ordinary person could probably shatter its cells with a shovel—if I were to come into direct contact with it in my current form, I would most likely be captured by its magnetic field…

I only learned of its existence after seeing it with my own eyes...

Jiang Liu should have come himself. With his wisdom and insight, he could have easily resolved the issue. I can only sense information…”

"No, the matter at Longhu Mountain is more important."

Zhang Zhiwei disagreed, then looked into the depths of the narrow plank road. "The corpse moss is startled; it should be looking for Feng Shigu's corpse. We should get rid of it!"

The supernatural power constructed with Qi is not very effective against corpse moss, but it is not ineffective either. If one lightning spell is not enough, then ten, a hundred, or a thousand will be used!

He has plenty of Qi!

As for Zhen Yuanzi—

Just in case, I can possess his body and become one with him. This way, I won't be captured by the corpse moss, and I can actively help him circulate his energy, greatly enhancing my own combat power. I'm sure I can blast the corpse moss into charcoal!

Furthermore, the natural order of this place has already been broken, so let's see how it can cause trouble then!

And so.

The group continued along the plank road until they reached the end, where there was a cliff, but it wasn't very high above the ground; the air was just stuffy.

Zhen Yuanzi has no flesh and blood body, and his body is untouched by dust, so he is naturally unimpeded.

Zhang Zhiwei was enveloped in a thin layer of golden light, which illuminated the dim space while also isolating him from the dust in the surrounding air.

Since neither Daoist Qianhe nor Bao Mei'er were deities, they could not afford to be as extravagant as Zhang Zhiwei. Moreover, Bao Mei'er had not yet embarked on the path of Qi cultivation, so she could only take out a mask from her bag and quickly put it on to avoid inhaling the foul air in the underground.

They jumped to the ground, and after walking only a few steps, they came across a pitch-black stone beast.

"This is an Iron Kirin!"

It was Bao Mei'er who spoke.

While she was in that general store, the shopkeeper didn't teach her how to make hidden weapons, but occasionally tomb raiders would go there to buy them, which allowed her to learn about some of the mechanisms in tombs.

She had been mostly silent on the way here because she hadn't seen the tomb she had heard about, but now that she had seen the tomb-guarding iron beast with her own eyes, she recognized it.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Bao Mei walked up to the iron unicorn, felt around for a while, and according to what she had heard, grabbed the closed ring and pulled hard.

With a series of crackling sounds, flames burst forth from the gaps in the iron unicorn's scales.

Furthermore, because the four feet of the iron unicorn were sunk into the ground, and there were grooves connecting them underground, all the iron unicorns in the Lingxing Palace were engulfed in flames.

Upon closer inspection, there were forty-nine statues, arranged according to the number forty-nine in the celestial cycle... It's likely that Feng Shigu not only went astray but was also quite superstitious, even seeking that "sliver of hope."