Immortal Road.

Chapter 242: The Kidney-Deficiency Young Master, the Talent of a Ghost Immortal

Two years later, at the top of Tianfu Mountain, there was a sudden loud noise in the void, waves of soul power surged, one after another, and visible white ripples spread, directly shaking the entire sacred mountain.

One by one, the disciples of Xungu Sect walked out of the cave and looked at the top of the mountain, wondering what had happened this time.

Lu Xiuming quickly put down the work at hand and looked into the depths of the forbidden area with surprise. Could it be that the leader was going to come out?
Wu Hanqiao and Yu Jiaoniang also hurried out, feeling this familiar yet ten times stronger pressure, and each of them had their own guesses in their hearts.

The Black Skull Demon Lord reacted faster. He flew directly out of the forbidden area. Feeling the surging soul power, he was shocked beyond words. Why does it feel like this kid's strength is comparable to mine?

You have to know that it has been fifteen years since it broke through the Soul Pill Stage. In addition, it has been using the Soul Source for cultivation for such a long time and is almost reaching the peak of the early Golden Core Stage. Lin Shan has just broken through and is already on par with it.

So how many soul orifices has this kid opened up?

"Bang!~~~"

There was another explosion, and this time all the leaked soul power was gathered and retracted into the forbidden area. Everyone outside felt their shoulders relax, the pressure suddenly disappeared, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Squeak~"

The door of the cave hall opened, and a slender figure walked out.
A bit too thin.

even
Dark eye bags, pale face, blood loss from lips, sweating, tired look, and sluggish temperament
He is a typical "young man with kidney deficiency"!
This person was none other than Lin Shan, who had just practiced the "Huangzhu Heshen Fa".

This Soul Pill Stage technique is indeed worthy of being a human technique from the Bamboo Soul World. The moment he started practicing, he drew on the essence of his physical body to nourish the Soul Pill. The Soul Pill indeed absorbed and released soul power faster, with a larger flow rate, and was more flexible to control.

It's just that his body just can't take it.

After all, he has not yet reached the Golden Core Stage, and his essence is insufficient to supply him. He has been in a state of overdraft and deficit, and this "Huangzhu Heshen Fa" is very evil. It is to extract essence to feed the soul pill and go only one way, leaving no other way to go.

Even if Lin Shan has the Virtual Star Disk to continuously provide star power for treatment and recovery, it can only alleviate part of the problem and cannot truly solve the current problem of "kidney deficiency".

The Black Skull Demon Lord, Lu Xiuming and others who came to observe from outside were also stunned. Is this still the leader with such a terrifying aura just now?
The former looked at Lin Shan thoughtfully, recalling the human practitioners he had seen in the Bamboo Soul World before, and they all seemed to be like this.

The latter secretly wondered in his heart, could it be that something went wrong during the breakthrough process, causing the leader to lose too much energy and blood, thus damaging his foundation?
Thinking of this, Lu Xiuming and others couldn't help but feel regretful. They were originally happy that Xun Gu Sect had gained another Jindan-stage real person, which would greatly increase its voice in the Lujiang League and its chamber of commerce would also become famous.

But now it is such a pity that the leader can break through the Jindan stage at such a young age, which shows that his talent and understanding must be extremely terrifying. If he was not in a hurry to achieve success, but instead took a steady and cautious approach, he would not have lost his foundation.

Now that I have broken through to the Jindan stage, the future may be different.

They couldn't help but think so, as there were too many unexpected events when breaking through the realm in the world of cultivation.

Some people go astray, some people go wrong in their practice, some people practice incorrectly, some people are interrupted midway, some people are attacked by the practice, and some people are invaded by demons from outside the domain.
Once the above situation occurs, even if it is remedied afterwards, it will most likely leave a root of disease. This is a damage to the "foundation of Taoism". Unless you take supernatural elixirs or spiritual objects, it will be difficult to make further progress.

Of course, the Black Skull Demon Lord obviously knew Lin Shan's background better than Lu Xiuming and others. He knew that with so many soul sources in this kid's hands, and the secret technique of soul forging that he had taught him in the Nascent Soul stage, it would not be difficult for him to break through to the Soul Pill stage.

As for the appearance in front of him, it is so similar to the human race in the Bamboo Soul World. Could it be because of the martial arts?

"How do you feel, bro?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord asked cautiously, always feeling a little guilty, fearing that his guess was true.

And the fact is that it is indeed its fault, but Lin Shan has no choice. There is only this one Soul Pill Stage practice method, so he has to practice it whether he wants to or not. He just didn't expect it to be so fucked up.

At this moment, his limbs were weak, his whole body was weak, he felt dizzy, had shortness of breath and chest, and kept coughing, and most importantly, he had pain in his liver and kidneys.

"Ahem, I'm fine. Let's not talk about this for now. Didn't I ask you to find a body-building method for me before I went into seclusion? Have you found it? Bring it to me right away!"

After just saying two sentences, I felt a little out of breath and the sweat on my forehead never stopped.

Lin Shan took out a handkerchief and kept wiping the sweat off his face, the eager anticipation in his eyes almost overflowing.

"Uh"

The Black Devil Lord hesitated. Over the years, he had been using the soul source given to him by Lin Shan to practice and accelerate the nourishment of his own soul treasure. Therefore, he really had no time to find body-building exercises for Lin Shan. However, he did give this task to Mu Yan, and he didn't know how it was done.

"Well, where's Mu Yan? Where did this kid go? The leader is out of retreat, but he doesn't even come? How dare he act so arrogantly?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord looked around and realized that except for Lu Xiuming, Wu Hanqiao, and his concubine Yu Jiaoniang, the rest of the senior leaders including Master Zhan Kong, Mu Yan, Gao Zuoda, Li Yuanjie, and the two brothers Shang Lu and Song Zhong were all missing.

Lu Xiuming hurriedly reported back: "In order to find the secret technique of body building for the leader, Hall Master Mu has been leading many disciples of the Foreign Affairs Hall to go out for nearly two years."

"Two years?"

Lin Shan couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Black Skull Demon Lord. I told you to find it for me twelve years ago, but you haven't found it yet?
The Black Skull Demon Lord was also furious. I delegated the task twelve years ago, why hasn’t it been found yet?

These people lowered their heads, hesitated, and seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if they had a lot to say but were not brave enough to say it.

Lin Shan's face turned pale. He picked up a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face. He glared at the Black Skull Demon Lord hatefully before leading everyone away.

……

In the meeting hall, Lu Xiuming recounted everything that had happened in the past few years in great detail, leaving Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord stunned.

"Luxi is still hiding the remnants of the evil ways? They also need the secret technique of body building?"

The two leaders of the Xun Gu Sect looked at each other, and something in their minds came to their minds.

For some reason, Lu Xiuming below always felt that the word "return" in the leader's words seemed to have more than one meaning, but he did not think much about it, and continued to introduce the two people in the hall.

"After the two brothers Shang Lu and Song Zhong captured and released Lao Mo three times, Hall Master Mu finally came to his senses and personally led people to hunt him down. Four Foundation Establishment cultivators and hundreds of disciples went down the mountain together. I was worried, so I sent Master Zhan Kong to follow them, so."

"So, so many people are looking for it again, and after two years, there is still no result. Are Mu Yan and his gang good-for-nothings?"

Lin Shan was so angry that he was shaking all over and coughing repeatedly. There was nothing he could do, he was really too weak.
The Black Skull Demon Lord also found it incredible. His previous failures were excusable. He had seen how unreliable the two brothers were, and they really had a strange way of thinking.

But this time, hundreds of people were sent out, but the secret technique was still not brought back. This is a bit unreasonable.

Wu Hanqiao took over the conversation:
"Two years ago, Brother Mu led his men to track the remnants of the evil sect, crossing the northwest and north of Shandong Province, and finally caught up with them in the east of Shandong Province. According to the news, they had already obtained both parts of the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique, but later encountered an attack from an unknown force."

"A strange force?"

Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord were naturally smart. After a little thought, they immediately thought of the young master of the Demon Sect they had mentioned before.

I think the remnant of the demonic sect must have the support of foreign forces. Moreover, unlike western Shandong, eastern Shandong is adjacent to several demonic kingdoms such as Jin and Chu. Even if a few demonic forces sneak in, it will not attract the attention of the cultivation world in Lu. "What happened next? How did they become?"

If it was delayed due to human obstruction, then it is understandable, but I don’t know what the situation is over there now.

Lu Xiuming also looked puzzled at this time: "According to the past practice, there will be news from Master Mu every two months, but this time, there has been no contact for three whole months, and the disciples we sent to investigate have also disappeared."

At this time, the head of the Intelligence Hall, Yu Jiaoniang, took out a finger-sized piece of paper and presented it to him, reporting uncertainly:
"Every time the disciples we send out arrive at a location, they will send back a fixed report. The location where the last report came a few days ago was in Jingchuan area in the east of Lu State. After that, we lost contact."

"Jingchuan?"

Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord found a map of the State of Lu and found the location of this place on it.

"According to my inference, it is very likely that Hall Master Mu, Master Zhan Kong and others were intercepted here three months ago by the enemy. However, the enemy's strength should be higher than ours, otherwise there would be no news."

After they finished their reports, they stood nervously under the throne, waiting for the decision of the two leaders.

After a moment, the Black Skull Demon Lord hesitated slightly and said hypocritically:
"Brother, how about I go for you and see what's going on with Mu Yan and his gang of bastards?"

Lin Shan turned his head and glanced at it. How could he not know its concerns?
"No need for that. Your life soul and magic weapon have not been nurtured successfully. If you go there and encounter a Jindan-stage cultivator, wouldn't that be a trap for you?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord stiffened his neck, as if he was a little embarrassed in front of his subordinates.

"How could that be? With my experience and skills in fighting, how can an ordinary Jindan-stage cultivator be my opponent? As long as you lend me your magic weapon first, I will definitely be able to rescue them for you."

In the knowledge of the Black Skull Demon Lord, Mu Yan's team not only has a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but most importantly, they are also accompanied by Master Zhan Kong, an expert in formations. With this old guy backing them up, the army may not be completely wiped out, and there may even be a chance of rescue.

Lin Shan thought so too. Besides, he also needed the "Nine-Turn Golden Body Technique" in Mu Yan's hand to quickly alleviate the hidden dangers of his own skills and rescue his subordinates at the same time, which would be a two-pronged approach.

It’s just that the Black Skull Demon Lord’s own soul treasure is still being nurtured and cannot be used yet, otherwise all his previous efforts will be wasted. He can only borrow Lin Shan’s magic weapon.

"No need for that. You stay here and guard Tianfu Mountain for me. This time, I will go over there and see who is the blind person who dares to ruin my good deeds!"

Lin Shan made bold statements with an air of arrogance and wiped his temples with a handkerchief. After breaking through the Soul Pill Stage, his courage suddenly increased. With his current strength, he was indeed qualified to travel around and did not need to be too timid in many cases.

The Black Skull Demon Lord looked at his kidney deficiency and asked worriedly:

"Are you sure you can still make a move now? Why do I feel like I'll fall over if the wind blows?"

His Highness's Lu Xiuming and others also hurriedly advised the leader not to be impulsive and to rest in peace.

Lin Shan coughed twice and reluctantly activated his soul pill. In an instant, a terrifying divine consciousness descended upon the hall. Everyone felt difficulty breathing, as if they were drowning and were about to suffocate to death!

"This is."

There was horror in the Black Skull Demon Lord's tone. At a close distance, it could not only sense the spiritual consciousness, but also feel the majestic soul power in Lin Shan's body. It couldn't help but transmit a message secretly.

"Brother, how many soul orifices did you open up when you broke through the Soul Pill Stage this time?"

Lin Shan withdrew his pressure and shook his head with a little regret: "Unfortunately, my aptitude is too poor. I have only opened up eighty-one acupoints."

"What??? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, how could it be false? No, why do you look like that?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was almost frightened to the ground.

"You actually opened up all 9981 acupoints in one go. Are you still a human being?"

"What's wrong? Isn't it the Hundred Aperture Soul Pill? Even if it's not perfect, it's still good enough to open up ninety-nine apertures. Right now, I've only just passed."

Lin Shan didn’t have much idea about this. After all, he didn’t know how many acupoints others had opened.

"You should be content! The number of ninety-nine represents that you have already reached a considerable height on the road of soul pills. You should know that the quality of soul power is also connected with the number of soul pill orifices.

Ninety-nine eighty-one orifices, in terms of quality, it is a whole street ahead of eighty-eight sixty-four orifices, not to mention that it gets worse and worse! The quality of your soul power now can be said to be second only to the real ninety-nine orifices and the legendary hundred orifices, which is already the top one!"

This was the first time Lin Shan heard of this, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He quickly sent a message to the Black Skull Demon Lord, asking him how many acupoints he had opened. The answer he got was even more unbelievable.

"My original body in the fifth world of hell, the Nascent Soul Stage, when I broke through the Soul Pill Stage, only opened up 6636 orifices. And the projection clone in this world, because it was condensed with the help of the immortal world, has better qualifications. In addition, I have the experience of the Nascent Soul Stage, which is equivalent to reincarnation and cultivation again, so I opened up 7749 orifices."

Lin Shan almost dropped his jaw when he heard this!
"So, your clone is two blocks worse than me, and your real body is three blocks worse than me???"

The Black Skull Demon Lord felt sour in his heart and sounded very uncomfortable, but the facts were before him, so he could only hum and say "hmm".

Only then did Lin Shan realize how extraordinary his eighty-one acupoints were.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was able to cultivate to the Soul Infant stage with just the thirty-six orifices, and to carve up a kingdom in the fifth world of hell. What would his future achievements be?

But at this moment, Lin Shan suddenly remembered a question and asked it again out of curiosity:

"Then do you know how many orifices the White Bone Lord of your Hell world can open?"

Unexpectedly, the Black Skull Demon Lord actually knew! At this time, its tone was even more strange.

“The seventy-seven forty-nine orifices will be the threshold for breaking through to the White Bone Lord in the future.

If one fails to achieve this, he will have to accept the task from the powerful immortals, re-condense the soul pill of the projected clone in another world, and then cultivate to the same level as the original body. After returning to the hell world, the original body and the clone will be combined into one, and only then can the qualification limit be broken.

This is the main reason why our race in the Hell World is competing to grab the mission of the Immortal Realm Mighty Ones. Of course, the other reason is for the soul source."

Lin Shan felt it was a little unbelievable. With forty-nine orifices, he was already qualified to be the Lord of Bones?

Then I, with all my ninety-nine and eighty-one wits, can't possibly...
"That's right!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord nodded heavily, his tone certain and affirmative:
"You have the potential to be a ghost fairy!"

Lin Shan: “???!!!”

(End of this chapter)