My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 79 This is how those who cultivate demonic arts shorten their lifespan.
Tujian Mountain has a high peak. From a distance, it rises abruptly from the sea of ​​clouds. The visible mountain ridges resemble tempered green swords, clear to the eye, yet flashing with a cold light.

Su Kong Cave is located on the lower side of this mountain peak.

At this moment, the environment around this cave seemed inexplicably gloomy.

This is something that has never happened before.

This cave was once the cultivation place of Su Kongjing, a terrestrial immortal from the Outer Heaven Realm of Tujian Mountain. Even after a thousand years, the sword power left behind by Su Kongjing during his cultivation still remains here.

If you have exceptional swordsmanship talent, you might even hear the resounding clang of swords here.

Because Su Kongjing left a sword here after becoming a terrestrial immortal.

The sword mark from that strike has vanished without a trace, and the sword intent it contained is long gone. However, as a cultivator of a terrestrial immortal, the two can resonate with each other if a later cultivator meets certain conditions.

At this moment, a group of people were sitting cross-legged inside the Su Kong Cave.

These people all had their hands clasped together and their eyes closed, as if they were contemplating something in a dream.

In front of these people sat Su Chengwu, who was sitting cross-legged.

Su Chengwu also closed his eyes, but he kept chanting scriptures. The chanting was not loud, but it kept echoing within Su Kongdong Mansion.

And just like that, the first day passed quickly.

Suddenly, these people, who were sitting cross-legged, began to tremble. A moment later, they suddenly crawled forward, their hands and feet on the ground.

This applies to both men and women, just like worshipping Su Chengwu.

Su Chengwu continued chanting the sutras.

On the second day, his chanting stopped echoing and became barely audible.

As the second day was drawing to a close, these crawling people suddenly twisted their bodies, and then thread-like objects were pulled out from their spines.

These threads seemed to be alive, constantly wriggling.

However, as Su Chengwu gently clapped his hands, the silk threads instantly wrapped around his hands.

Su Chengwu remained silent and unmoved by this strange phenomenon.

He continued chanting.

But this time, it was no longer as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

His lips were clearly moving, but not a single sound came out of his mouth.

However, no sound came from Su Chengwu's mouth, but the voice of Su Chengwu strangely came from the mouths of those people who were crawling on the ground and were twisted.

"Four faces and eight arms, thirty-two appearances..."

"Namo Amitabha……"

The chanting continued, filled with reverence for the Buddha, yet these mantras of spiritual practice were also imbued with a chilling and eerie atmosphere.

This is part of the "Puppet Show Sutra", which is also the "Four-Faced Eight-Armed Buddha Sutra" that was split off.

Different people will have different results in their cultivation after seeing this scripture.

Because this is really only a part of the "Puppet Show Classic".

People like Bai Chijing, who can cultivate to the level of the Greed chapter of the "Puppet Show Sutra," are truly few and far between, perhaps even negligible. This is because the Greed chapter of the "Puppet Show Sutra" was not created at the same time as the "Puppet Show Sutra," and even the creators of these chapters are vastly different.

The creator of the "Puppet Show Classic" is, of course, no ordinary person and needs no further mention.

However, the chapter on greed in the "Puppet Show Classic" was written by a bookworm who was frustrated and unable to make a living in the city and could only eke out a living in the countryside.

Because it was written by a bookworm of humble status, the chapter on greed in the *Puppet Show Classic* was dismissed as utter nonsense. Nobody cared, and nobody read it.

After that bookworm died of old age, this absurd statement simply disappeared.

No one paid any attention, and no one mentioned it again.

However, while humans cannot, the strange object on Bai Chijing's body can.

On this third day, the sun finally set, and the gloom outside Su Kong Cave Mansion vanished instantly. A moment later, the door of Su Kong Cave Mansion slowly opened.

It was quite lively, with a group of people filing out first.

As always, these people wore their black and white robes, and each one of them was full of energy and possessed considerable cultivation. Perhaps it was because the cultivation environment inside Su Kong Cave was so excellent, but these people who had joined Su Chengwu all wore bright smiles.

They laughed as if they themselves were the sun.

Among these smiling people was Su Chengwu, who seemed to have completely forgotten how to smile.

The son of the elder of Tujian Mountain still had the same appearance as before, with bright eyes and striking eyebrows, and was very handsome. However, the look on his face at this moment was extremely effeminate.

It no longer has the same image as before.

These smiling people suddenly seemed to form a stark contrast to Su Chengwu.

"We should head down the mountain."

"Found Shirachi Kei!"

"Please invite him to the lesser Taoist sect!"

At this moment, these people began to speak one after another. Strangely, although it was clearly a group of people talking, their voices did not overlap or become chaotic, and even the meaning they expressed was perfectly coherent.

……

On Mount Tujian, within that circle.

At this moment, a young girl naturally offered her opinion immediately: "It takes only three days to master the method, but while the desire for it seems strong, it's not entirely pure..."

"So clumsy, you don't even know how to be greedy. Xiao is much better..."

They muttered to themselves, and soon the circle fell silent again.

After all, she had never taken a liking to this Su Chengwu from the very beginning. And as for someone she had no intention of taking as a disciple, this little girl naturally didn't bother to care much about him.

The only reason I can take a closer look right now is because it's happening right under my nose.

……

Su Chengwu mastered the technique in three days, but he did not attain immortality. In fact, his cultivation level fluctuated, sometimes falling below the initial stage of the Outer Heaven Realm and sometimes returning to the realm of a terrestrial immortal.

This is because the desire for greed is not pure.

In addition, it was also because Su Chengwu's lifespan was only three days left.

The method itself was fragmented, and Su Chengwu's cultivation method still had many problems. Therefore, even after entering the initial stage of the Outer World, his lifespan did not change at all.

Furthermore, the lifespan in the outer realms is incredibly long, a benefit exclusively reserved for immortals.

But what Su Chengwu is currently cultivating is the demonic path!

Although the Immortal Path left a back door for the Demonic Path, this does not mean that those in the outer realms of the Demonic Path can enjoy the long lifespan of the Immortal Path's terrestrial immortals.

The cultivation of the demonic path is fast, but what few people know is that the lifespan of a demonic cultivator is only one-fifth that of a cultivator of the immortal path.

(End of this chapter)