This is how immortals are cultivated

"No, I need to eat more quickly."

Originally, he had elixirs on him to replenish his spiritual energy and stabilize his condition, but they had all been destroyed by that man's punch. Now, if he wanted to regain his stability, he had to immediately seek external nourishment.

There weren't many spiritual secrets left in Jingzhou except for Chong'an Prefecture, whether it was the Wu Kingdom's Blood Scroll Spirit Secret or the envoys sent by his White Lotus Holy Sect.

The counties of Jingzhou are now equivalent to sheep pens without sheepdogs guarding them, and wolves that want to eat sheep can do so with impunity.

But Zhan Li didn't dare to do so, for fear that after he had finally escaped from that person, he would be found and hunted down by that person again.

"I can only ask the mountain people to make up for it..."

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen many ghosts and gods along the way..."

"Damn it, how many did that monster kill?"

Zhan Li said in a low voice.

He suddenly remembered what the monster had said before.

After he told the monster that there were fifty spirits who died at his hands, the monster replied.

The guy asked himself how many he had killed yesterday.

Now, Zhan Li finally understood what those words meant.

Could it be that the monster is recording the spirits it kills in units of days?

Speaking of which, apart from the blockaded Chong'an Prefecture, how many Lingmi or ghosts and gods in the Lingmi realm are left in Jingzhou now?

It's impossible that there are no spiritual secrets in this vast place.

How long has that guy been in Jingzhou? It's been less than half a year since the laws of Jingzhou were broken...

Just as Zhan Li was thinking with a grim expression, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.

A chill spread along the spine to the whole body, and at the same time, the skin felt like it was cut by something sharp, with a pricking sensation.

Zhan Li didn't think twice and left the place almost instantly.

The body was once again burning with flames and smoke, and it disappeared directly into the rock wall of the cave.

However, at the moment when he used the escape technique to merge into the rock wall, the underground water vein that was flowing slowly and then gradually became fast was instantly frozen from the turbulent end, and then the entire water vein was cut off.

Horrifying blade energy gushed out from the earth and water veins, instantly filling the vast underground cave. The stalactites and pillars within were instantly reduced to dust. Then, the entire cave collapsed completely.

Zhan Li, who was moving quickly through the solid ground, naturally felt the movement behind him. His face was full of horror and disbelief.

This place is not on the ground, but hundreds of meters underground!

If it was on the ground, and a sword could cut through something ten or a hundred miles away, it could be understood as a sign of extraordinary magical powers, which is understandable.

But isn’t it a bit too exaggerated to have a knife coming from deep underground?

Moreover, why is it that the sword light and sword energy are clearly traveling underground, but the speed is even faster than his own earth-shaped escape technique?

Zhan Li could already feel the knife light approaching him rapidly from the solid soil behind him, giving him a stabbing feeling on his back.

"Ahhhh!"

Zhan Li screamed and then bit off the tip of his tongue.

He spat out blood and chanted some scriptures in great pain.

His body began to crumble and blood spilt out. The blood instantly evaporated and turned into a seven-layered, colorful wall of light that blocked his way behind him.

It was also after this protective light barrier was formed that, with a low sharp whistle, the knife light caught up and hit directly onto this layer of light barrier.

The two collided, making a sound that shook the eardrums, but after the collision, there was a series of shattering and cracking sounds. The extremely sharp knife light broke through the layers of colorful barriers like cutting glass, and then chased after Zhan Li's back, instantly piercing through the left side of his body.

The terrifying cold air penetrated into his body along the broken end of his left arm. When this cold evil invaded, Zhan Li could not even feel the pain of his left arm being cut off.

He shouted out the spell without hesitation and sacrificed his left arm which had just been cut off but not yet completely destroyed by the sword energy.

In an instant, his left arm ignited with white pure fire like firewood, and was thrown into his body. Part of it was used to suppress the cold evil that invaded his body, and the other part was thrown into his escape light.

As his escape light grew stronger, his escape speed also increased tremendously. For a moment, he was far faster than the sword light that was chasing him.

The knife light behind him gradually faded away, but there was no joy on Zhan Li's face. Instead, his face was pale, full of fear and fatigue.

The blood sacrifice just now really hurt the origin of the person himself, and it will even have an impact on the path of cultivation.

"Damn it... just wait!"

Zhan Li roared and uttered harsh words. All he could do now was to say some harsh words and try his best to escape from this place.

Originally, Zhan Li was escaping towards the lower ground level in front of him.

However, he suddenly felt the familiar deadly murderous intent coming from the ground beneath him.

A flash of knife came from below him and slashed upwards.

“How on earth did they do that?!”

Zhan Li screamed, paused abruptly, and then fled upwards.

The distance of hundreds of meters was crossed in a few breaths, and Zhan Li returned to the surface of the ground.

He didn't dare to look up, nor did he dare to look back.

Because he felt that above his head and behind him, there was a presence more terrifying than the knife light.

If he dared to pause for even a moment, he would surely die. And this time, he had no second chance at life.

Zhan Li could only try his best and even continue to sacrifice his own essence in exchange for a faster escape speed.

It was also at this moment that he felt a familiar inspiration.

This made him feel like he had seen a life-saving straw in a desperate situation, and he let out a miserable cry towards the front.

In front of him was a figure in green clothes, holding a person in his hand. It was Qingyi, the disciple of Jiesu Dao whom he had mocked and despised before.

"Daoyou, save me!!!"

PS: There will be more later.

Chapter 161 The Price

Ever since coming into contact with the White Lotus Demon Sect's general and capturing a disciple of the Immortal Sect and obtaining intelligence from him, Qingyi has been in a state of distraction.

She probably understood why Jingzhou was filled with blood and even had signs of spilling over into other provinces.

It comes from this Dharma that has never been heard of before.

The creator of this method, the Immortal Master Fang, has great courage and even determination to promote his method in Jingzhou and among the common people.

Once it gets out, it will surely cause endless harm, and its impact on the Taoist families in the world will be even greater than that of the White Lotus Sect.

The only thing that makes her feel a little relieved now is that this method seems to have an upper limit. Pure physical communication is also limited to the material level. Now the highest level seems to be only refining the orifices, which is completely incomparable to the real people in the Zhen'e realm who can transform into the Tao, and the saints in the Shengzhen realm above that.

However, even so, it may still have a very serious impact on the laws of the world, which are not very stable nowadays.

If Jingzhou had not been affected by Taizhou and was locked down inside and outside, and this matter was related to her own path and opportunity, she would have already sent a letter and asked the Beijing Supervisory Office to urgently dispatch Zhen'e Zhenren to Jingzhou to deal with this matter.

However, if one breaks through and achieves true disaster, it is not impossible to carry out some rectification and rebellion, and even use this to quickly consolidate one's own realm.

No, if one can seize this opportunity, the Dharma body that is forged, also known as the 'Dao foundation', will definitely be extremely stable and even qualified to touch the holy realm.

After calming down, Qingyi left Haixin City and headed towards Linge County.

She had wanted to divine the situation of the White Lotus General while traveling, but perhaps because she was getting closer to her opportunity and had already entered the game, the divination effect became worse, until she was completely shrouded in a cloud of gray mist. She became drowsy and disoriented as soon as she divined.

In this situation, Qingyi could only put aside divination for the time being and concentrate on her journey.

I just hope that before I arrive, the divine general will not be able to come into contact with the immortal master so easily.

After all, judging from the previous hexagrams and combined with what the new method Tongmai realm cultivator named Wei Wei said, the Immortal Dao Master is definitely a powerful man. Because of the new method, he is extremely good at attacking, similar to the cunning cultivator of the main killing way at the peak of the Lingmi Realm.

The hexagram that had previously foreshadowed great danger even indicated that, in addition to Taoist Fangxian's formidable strength, his Fangxian Mountain probably had many traps.

Although he thought so, Qingyi never expected that he would meet Zhan Li at this moment.

The White Lotus Demon General, who was extremely arrogant when they first met, is now at the other extreme and is extremely miserable.

Both of his arms were missing, as were his original ghost mount, the spear in his hand, and the armor on his body.

More importantly, he was on the verge of losing control of his Dao, and his spiritual energy was extremely turbid.

Especially the shrill words and cries for help that came out of his mouth made people sad and cry.

Qingyi's first reaction was that he was dizzy and had hallucinations.

It was hard for her to think of a person comparable to a high-grade Taoist disciple. After the Taizhou incident, Zhan Li, who might leave a great reputation among the seven countries, would appear in front of her in this manner.

But after making sure that she was not dazzled, her expression immediately became nervous.

Zhan Li was in such a miserable state that it was obvious that he had suffered a serious injury and was being chased.

Combining Zhan Li’s previous whereabouts and his current location in Jingzhou, the existence that could make Zhan Li become like this must be the immortal master.

To be honest, Qingyi was also shocked. Although she knew that Taoist Master Fangxian was very powerful, she never thought that Taoist Master Fangxian could turn Zhan Li into such a miserable state.

After Zhan Li showed up to ask for help, Qingyi quickly identified the second culprit, or the only culprit.

A figure is flying in the sky and diving.

Judging from his figure and appearance, he is a handsome young man, and his appearance is indeed consistent with the intelligence.

Guan Zhe's body moved, and he dived down, slightly raised his right hand, clenched his right fist, and aimed at Zhan Li who was desperately running away, as if he wanted to knock Zhan Li down with one punch.

Just as Zhan Li kept calling for help and the figure of the Taoist master Fang Xian was getting closer to Zhan Li's back, Qingyi also took action directly.

She didn't think much about it.

She is not good at fighting, so she needs a person to fight on the front line, while she can provide some assistance from the side.

Looking at the movements of the Taoist master Fang Xian, it seemed that he was just swinging his fists, and he did not seem to have any intention of displaying any powerful magical powers.

Qingyi also directly took out the [Book of Operation of Disaster Life]. Using this real artifact would make it more convenient, safer and faster to help Zhan Li out of the predicament.

As she thought, blood words appeared almost instantly on the blank page of the Book of Destiny.

"When Taoist Master Fang Suichu struck the White Lotus Demon Sect's Divine General Zhan Li with his fist, due to the angle, the full force of the punch didn't land on Zhan Li. Zhan Li dodged in time and even avoided some of Taoist Master Fang's punch."

Using the Book of Destiny to accomplish two fairly simple things, one was to give Taoist Master Fang Xian a debuff, and the other was to give Zhan Li a buff.

Since it does not directly reverse the "result" but only affects the process, the cost of using the Book of Destiny will be much smaller.

Then it affects the process without directly changing Fang Suichu's actions, but creates an unexpected opportunity, which consumes less.

In the end, the predetermined result was still achieved. Taoist Master Fang Xian still hit Zhan Li, or rather, he rubbed against Zhan Li, which meant that this was an extremely small detail. In this way, the consumption of the Book of Destiny was reduced to a minimum.

No wonder she would use this real artifact so carefully and prudently.

After all, this artifact was a realm higher than her own, and was considered top-tier among all artifacts. If her master had the opportunity to ascend, then this artifact would likely also ascend with him.

Use spiritual secrets to control this real weapon. If you use it carelessly, you might die at the hands of this real weapon.

As the 'event' in her mind was written down in the Book of Destiny, the effects and costs emerged simultaneously.

Qingyi once again felt something in the book touching his three pillars of fortune, longevity and wealth, and moved towards the 'pillar of wealth'.

Qingyi once again used the secret technique of turning disaster into reality, and the price he paid was his own lifespan.

As the longevity pillar decreased, her expression changed drastically.

"Thirty years...why?!!!"

PS: I can’t write anymore. I updated 9,000 words today. I’ll continue to make up for it tomorrow ('-﹏-`；)

Chapter 162 Gambling with Life

Under normal cultivation conditions without damaging one's essence, a cultivator in the Spirit Induction Realm would live for approximately 180 years. In the Spirit Secret Realm, the lifespan doubles to 300 years.

The lifespan of a strange cultivator does not refer to the limit of his body, but to the number of years that his soul and spirit maintain their own nature, without being transformed by Taoism, or without being polluted.

The treacherous path is a road that allows one to continuously advance. If one stays in one realm for too long, one will suffer the calamity of becoming a Taoist.

The longevity pillar that Qingyi manifests itself actually represents this kind of "time".

She is very young and can be called a genius.

The deadline of the Lingmi Realm is still very far away from her. She has even reached the end of this realm now. As long as she seizes the opportunity, she will be able to break through. When she reaches the Zhen'e Realm, her lifespan will be counted in thousands of years.