On the Avenue.

Chapter 373: Demon Cave, Sunstone

Chen Shi and Master Qiongyang each put down their Luoyang shovels, one standing on the east side of the grave, and the other standing on the west side of the grave.

The two looked at each other, their expressions somewhat solemn.

Yu Lingzi couldn't help but run over and said, "Ancestor, Uncle Master, it's getting dark, we have to hurry... Hey, where is the body of Master Jinghong?"

He looked at the robe and was shocked: "Is the old master resurrected?"

Grandmaster Qiongyang said: "If Senior Brother Jinghong has transformed his corpse into a ghost immortal, then this is a good thing. Why didn't you tell others about it, but faked your death and left a cenotaph?"

Chen Shi put away the Luoyang shovel, placed it in his own small temple, and said: "Ancestor, there are many demons hidden in my body..."

Grandmaster Qiongyang smiled and said, "Xiao Shi, you can call me grandma. We are closer mother and daughter. I know that there is a demon hidden in your body. When I first saved you, you were crushed to death by the green ghost hand many times, and each time the demon took over your body. At the beginning, your grandfather was so anxious that he jumped up and down."

Chen Shi's heart was slightly shaken. He knew that he had died many times, but he didn't expect that he had died many times before he had any memory!
Grandpa never told him these things.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Grandma Qiongyang, the demon in my body has been completely removed. Now it is not as dangerous as before. My father said that there are only a few natural disasters still hiding inside."

Patriarch Qiongyang looked solemn and quietly took a step back.

When Chen Shi was rescued before, the green ghost hand caused Chen Shi to die many times, and every time there was a demon. But there has never been a natural disaster!

The danger level of natural disasters is ten or even dozens of times greater than that of demons.

If it was a demon, she would not be afraid, but if it was a natural disaster, it would be extremely dangerous!

Chen Shi continued, "For some unknown reason, this natural disaster passed on the original star map to my father and his people."

He told the story of the original star map, and said, "Grandma Sha, Uncle Du and the others guessed that with the original star map, they could calculate the positions of the obstructed stars, and then they could correctly unite the heaven and earth, and thus avoid evil. Without the correct star map, the union of the Tao would only lead to evil. If Sect Master Jinghong were to unite the Tao through corpse transformation, I'm afraid..."

Patriarch Qiongyang frowned slightly and said, "If you can't correctly integrate the Dao of heaven and earth, are you sure you will become evil?"

Chen Shi nodded gently and said, "I have personally confirmed it."

He followed the cultivation system of the True King era, and began to change into an evil form when he reached the Fusion Realm!
If it weren't for the innocent Taoist's Yin-Yang training, and the white-clothed fairy pulling out that strange hair of his, I'm afraid his body would have mutated by now.

Yu Lingzi was horrified when he heard this. After returning from Xijing, he had been locked up in the Demon Suppression Cave for most of the time, except for beating up a few of his senior brothers. He had just been released this time, and he had heard so many shocking secrets!

Patriarch Qiongyang looked at the Taoist robe in the coffin and pondered for a long time.

Jinghong is still alive.

Jinghong may become evil.

If Jinghong turns evil, how much harm will a ghost fairy cause?
Will it be disaster level?
"If he turned evil, where would he hide?" she whispered.

Chen Shi's eyes flickered: "Grandmaster, here is the Taoist robe of Master Jinghong. I have a way to find his real body. If he is still alive, it should not be difficult to find him."

Grandmaster Qiongyang's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Okay. Then let's find him first!"

Chen Shi cut off a piece of clothing, held it between two fingers, and silently recited the divine language. With a light shake, the clothing piece flew up and floated into the air like a butterfly.

Patriarch Qiongyang waved his hand, and the tomb of Master Jinghong closed.

The two men left with the black pot.

Yu Lingzi hesitated for a moment, kowtowed several times to the grave of Master Jinghong, then flew up and followed them.

It's getting late.

The bright moon appeared in the sky early, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the mountains, but there were lights and darks in the mountains. In places where the moonlight could not reach, it seemed that there was darkness flowing, baring its fangs and claws, invading and testing the surroundings.

However, powerful and extraordinary spirits and figures have appeared in various places of Taihua Mountain to protect the areas and prevent evil spirits from roaming.

On Mount Taihua, palaces were shining brightly, especially the Qingyang Palace, which was brightly lit at this moment.

Chen Shi and three other people and a dog flew along the dancing clothes. In the night and under the moonlight, the clothes fluttered not very fast.

Patriarch Qiongyang looked at the spirits and figures of all sizes in the mountains. In the eyes of ordinary people, a mountain is just a mountain, nothing unusual. But in the eyes of a great cultivator like her, there are towering gods hidden in the mountains.

The spirit is a powerful life formed by the spirits absorbing the righteousness of heaven and earth for a long time. The appearance is the divine appearance born from the extraordinary power condensed by incense.

“There are fewer spirits and figures in the mountains now than when Master Jinghong was alive,” she said suddenly.

Chen Shi's heart was slightly shaken, and he blurted out: "Master Jinghong is still on the mountain! He has transformed into an evil being and eaten all these spirits and forms!"

His heart moved slightly. Jinghong was the former headmaster of Taihua Qing Palace. He must know many unknown secrets of Taihua Qing Palace and might even know the burial place of Taoist Tianzhen.

The Taoist Tianzhen used the Golden Bell Sealing Technique to seal himself so as not to bring disaster to the underworld. The person who broke the ban used a fairy fire to burn the center of the Golden Bell Sealing Technique and release the fairy palace.

Jinghong is the head master, so he is naturally very familiar with the skills of Taihua Qing Palace.

He is a ghost immortal so he can use immortal fire.

So, could Jinghong be the one who tried to release Tian Zhen and turn him into an evil person?

If it was him, what was his purpose?
Yu Lingzi said: "If Master Jinghong is hiding in Taihua Qing Palace to eat spirits and appearances, then he must have a hiding place. Otherwise, he would have been discovered long ago."

As soon as he said this, he suddenly looked shocked and saw the corner of the clothes flying towards Wen Xufeng.

And looking at the direction of this piece of clothing, it is clearly heading towards the Demon-Suppressing Cave!

"Master Jinghong is hiding in the Demon-Suppressing Cave?" His face turned pale.

In the past few months since he returned from Xijing, he has been practicing in the Demon-Suppressing Cave. If the evil headmaster Jinghong is hiding in the Demon-Suppressing Cave, wouldn't he be in danger of dying at the hands of Jinghong at any time?
"Where is the Demon-Suppressing Cave?" Chen Shi asked.

Patriarch Qiongyang said solemnly, "This is the place where my Taihua Qing Palace uses to suppress demons. In the past, demons were rampant here. These demons had physical bodies and were extremely powerful, making them difficult to kill. So the eighteen Taoists killed their physical bodies, gathered the demon souls, and chose a pure yang cave. They set up many seals, trapped these demon souls here, and suppressed them. They hoped to use the pure yang earth fire to refine the demon souls."

Chen Shi heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and said with a smile: "Master Jinghong chose this place probably to suppress his evil nature and evil spirit. It seems that he still has some reason."

"Xiao Shi, Yu Lingzi, stand still!"

Patriarch Qiongyang took the two of them and flew into the Demon-Suppressing Cave. The Demon-Suppressing Cave was a huge stone cave with a very large interior space. There were many Taoists sitting on the stone walls. Some of them had been sitting there for an unknown period of time, and their eyebrows and beards had become very long, hanging down from the stone walls.

This is the place to suppress demons, but it is also a holy place of pure yang. Chen Shi immediately felt the extremely rich pure yang energy coming from the ground.

Pure yang energy suddenly arises, like thunder in late winter and early spring, bringing new vitality and invigorating the spirit.

Yu Lingzi whispered, "The Taoist priests on the stone wall often come here to kill the three corpses and cultivate a pure yang body, so there are a lot of them." Chen Shi saw that some of the Taoist priests had white hair and should be in their seventies or eighties. He wondered, "Why can't this Taoist priest kill the three corpses when he is so old? Are the three corpse gods really that powerful?"

The Qiongyang Patriarch glanced at these old Taoist priests and said, "The three corpse gods are naturally powerful. After experiencing love, the lower corpse gods become incredibly strong, and Peng Qiao is hard to get rid of. With the desire for food, Peng Chu is hard to get rid of. With extreme extravagance, Peng Ju is hard to get rid of. These Taoist priests may have had love in their early years, or were from wealthy families, or were greedy for delicious food, so it is difficult for them to cultivate a pure yang body."

Chen Shi was filled with awe and said, "I must kill the three corpses before I can start a family."

Patriarch Qiongyang smiled and said, "At your age, if you kill the three corpses too early, it will be useless. You are young and don't know the taste of love. After killing the three corpses, you won't think about love. It's not good to be free from love and desire. You need to get married and know the taste of it before you can kill the three corpse gods. At that time, love will still exist and can't interfere with you, so you won't be heartless."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi asked Yu Lingzi, "Yu Lingzi, do you understand?"

Yu Lingzi smiled and said, "Of course I understand. The Grandmaster meant that one must marry a wife before one can kill the three corpses. Uncle Master, don't you understand?"

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Haha, of course I understand. I was just worried that you didn't understand."

The two of them smiled knowingly, as if they understood each other.

"Mr. Guo, do you understand?" Yu Lingzi asked.

Everyone knows who is to blame.

As he was speaking, Patriarch Qiongyang led them to fly into the mountain, facing the fierce pure yang energy. They saw a huge stone gate in front of them, which was engraved with various talisman patterns and seals, and was extremely complex.

The corner of the clothes has reached the stone gate.

The Qiongyang Patriarch flew over and raised his hand to seal forward, shouting: "Open——"

The talisman formation on the stone gate kept changing, and when they flew up to it, the stone gate suddenly opened.

The corner of the clothes flew into the stone gate, and Patriarch Qiongyang, along with two men and a dog, followed the corner of the clothes and entered the gate.

The stone door behind was tightly closed.

There was a red light in the stone gate. No one knew where the light came from. It seemed to be shining from every point in space, so no shadow could be seen.

"It is rumored here that a piece of sun stone fell from the sky and smashed into Xiniu New Island, turning into this Pure Yang Holy Land."

Patriarch Qiongyang said, "The founders of the sect therefore chose to refine the demons here, hoping to refine them to death."

Chen Shi asked in confusion: "Sunstone? Which sun's stone?"

Patriarch Qiongyang said, "Of course they are not the eyes of the true god. I have read the notes left by the Three Saints, which said that there is a sun stone in the Demon-Suppressing Cave. It is the sun's golden crystal, not the eyes of the true god. It flew out of the True Yang and fell to the ground."

Chen Shi noticed that the pure yang energy here was more intense, and the demonic energy was also more intense. The further he flew down the mountain, the higher the temperature became, and the more intense the pure yang energy and demonic energy became!
The demonic energy here was so strong that even Patriarch Qiongyang frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.

The demonic energy is so strong that if it weren't for the strong pure yang energy, it would definitely affect her spiritual heart.

Her clothes fluttered as she led Chen Shi and others through the long mountain and reached deep underground.

The red light here is extremely bright, making everyone seem to turn into a small black dot.

Yu Lingzi had never been here before and felt terrified.

Suddenly, huge black altars appeared floating in the bright red light below. They were as tall as two people and floated motionlessly.

Patriarch Qiongyang led them to fly past each large jar, tracking the fluttering piece of clothing.

Chen Shi roughly counted and found that there were more than a hundred black altars. He thought to himself, "The demons suppressed in these black altars should be those suppressed by the ancestors of all generations. The ancestors of Taihua Qing Palace were amazing. The demons they suppressed were similar to those in my body."

Patriarch Qiongyang followed the edge of the clothes, but saw that the black altar was no longer in front of him, and the edge of the clothes was still flying forward, and he could not help but frown.

She and Chen Shi’s grandfather Chen Yin had been to the Demon-Suppressing Cave before, trying to explore the secrets of the Demon-Suppressing Cave, but they had never gone so far in.

But what made her feel a little relieved was that although Jing Hong had turned into a ghost fairy, he had not lost his mind. If he lost his mind and released the demons in the black altar, it would be terrible!

I am afraid that all the Taoists who practice in the Demon-Suppressing Cave will die and be parasitized by these monsters!

Suddenly, a series of extremely thick blood-red tentacles came into their sight in front of them.

The front ends of these bloody tentacles were connected to the stone wall of the Demon-Suppressing Cave, up and down, left and right, while the other ends became thinner and thinner, connecting to the back of an old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist priest was hung in the air by these bloody tentacles, with his head hanging, motionless.

The corner of the clothes flew to the old Taoist priest and landed on him.

"Senior Brother Jinghong!"

Patriarch Qiongyang slowed down, raised his sleeves, protected Chen Shi and others behind him, walked forward, secretly on guard, and said, "I never thought that you would become a ghost fairy. I underestimated you. Since you have become a ghost fairy, why are you hiding here? Brother, follow me back to Qingyang Palace..."

She was about to grab the old Taoist priest's hand when she was suddenly stunned. She rushed forward and held the old Taoist priest's wrist tightly.

The wrist shrank immediately when she pinched it lightly, leaving only skin but no flesh!
Patriarch Qiongyang hurriedly pulled hard, only to see those bloody tentacles fall off the walls one after another. They were actually empty shells with no flesh and blood inside!
"Senior Brother Jinghong has transformed into a fairy!" Her face suddenly changed.

Chen Shi looked forward and saw another old Taoist priest, who was just like the previous one, with bloody tentacles growing from his back that hung on the walls.

He walked forward and saw the third Jinghong Sect Leader, then the fourth, fifth, and sixth...

"Jinghong has shed his skin many times!"

Patriarch Qiongyang walked forward and soon reached the end, where he saw a palace. The palace was not big and was very simple inside, with only a bed. Someone must have lived here.

Chen Shi looked up at a mural in the palace and said, "He is practicing the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell Heavenly Immortal Diagram!"

The mural depicts the process of a cicada shedding its shell and emerging into its phoenix, but the cicada is not a cicada, but a humanoid. Its skin splits open from the back, and a bloody humanoid emerges from the skin.

This kind of transformation requires multiple times, each time more painful than the last, but the more times it happens, the closer your strength will be to that of an immortal.

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat and he found an irregular stone about ten feet square in the palace.

The stone was enshrined on the altar, and it was this stone that exuded an extremely strong pure yang energy!
The stone was surrounded by intense flames. I guess it was here that Master Jinghong refined the immortal fire and burned away the seal of Taoist Tianzhen!
"After Master Jinghong became a ghost fairy, he should have lived here all along. He collected the sun's essence here and refined the pure yang fairy fire! The fairy fire that almost blew us to death was refined here!"

"But why did he do this? Why did he let the Taoist Tianzhen become evil?"

Just as he thought of this, Yu Lingzi suddenly asked: "If Master Jinghong is not here, where would he go?"

Grandmaster Qiongyang's expression suddenly changed, and he hurried out: "He is looking for food! To accumulate strength for the next transformation!"

(End of this chapter)