Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 421 - 226. Song Cheng arrives, Taoist Companion reunites, adding a splash of color to Reappear World (4.4K words - please subscribe)
Chapter 421: 226. Song Cheng arrives, Taoist Companion reunites, adding a splash of color to Reappear World (4.4K words - please subscribe)
Longevity Manor, four characters suspended mid-air, red as fresh blood, vivid and glaring, merely gazing at it stirs emotional turmoil, its sinister nature bubbles like boiling water, overflowing and connecting to all realms, chilling to the core.
The Palace Masters of the Sanctum of Humanity, all potent figures, watched intently, their expressions grave.
Jing Shifei suddenly said, "Even the beings of the Mystic Realm in the human world would go mad upon seeing these characters. This manor exudes eeriness."
Shi Feng, smiling slyly, looked at her and said, "Palace Master Jing, the ’Red Pagoda Visualization Method’ lies within. If you want it, you’ll have to go in and get it. However, there is another way if you’re willing..."
His expression carried a hint of unexplained lewdness.
In an instant, everyone understood.
What Shi Feng meant was through "Dual Cultivation," deeply connecting and conveying thoughts to each other. Day after day, year after year, there indeed existed a possibility to thoroughly transmit a Cultivation Technique.
However, Shi Feng and Jing Shifei were no longer what they used to be; how could they possibly? This kind of suggestion was a complete humiliation.
As the words fell, a white figure flashed instantly!
Crack!
A sharp sound exploded.
Shi Feng felt pain on his cheek, his entire body was slapped flying and then fell to the ground, his face showing disbelief.
He... actually felt pain?
After becoming a Mourning Spirit, he was essentially a "dead person."
How could a "dead person" feel any pain?
But he really did feel pain, intense pain.
Shi Feng, shocked, looked towards the direction of the white figure and saw a transcendently ethereal and beautiful woman surrounded by a misty aura—Palace Master Long Xueling of the Toad Palace, one of the only two who had surpassed the True Spirit Realm in the Sanctum of Humanity today.
Long Xueling, from high above, looked coldly down at Shi Feng who had fallen to the ground and said, "So you’ve returned home, confident enough to put us to death, so you hastened to start humiliating Palace Master Jing?"
Shi Feng, covering his cheek, said, "Believe it or not, Huang Taixuan doesn’t have much time left."
Long Xueling glanced sideways at Zhang Daolu, gave a covert gesture, and said, "Brother Dao, I’ve seen many like him, he must be harboring evil intentions, thus... there’s no need to believe him. With what we’ve discovered in the Yin-Yang Illusion Realm, it’s not impossible to find a new path."
Zhang Daolu stroked his beard and said, "Sister Long is right; this manor is so sinister, it’s better not to enter if possible."
After speaking, he smiled faintly and was about to turn away.
Shi Feng was completely dumbfounded, gesturing with his hands, and then suddenly said, "But... since we’ve come all this way..."
Zhang Daolu laughed and said, "Indeed, thank you for showing us this sinister manor, but we have no plans to forcibly enter."
Shi Feng said anxiously, "Even the Palace Master of the Dragon Tiger Red Sun Court has times when he dares not?"
Zhang Daolu, indifferent, smiled faintly, and then murmured, "However, since we’ve come already, if we just went back without doing anything, it indeed seems somewhat improper."
He turned his head towards Jin Jumang, the Palace Master of the Inch Gold Palace, and said, "Mr. Jin, Shi Feng was captured by you, why not let you strike, execute him right in front of this Longevity Manor... Since this manor is his old home, if he dies, someone inside will surely come to his rescue.
"It would be perfect, we can also see what happens if a Mourning Spirit such as Shi Feng dies another time."
To die once is to become a ghost.
To live once is to become a Zhan.
To die again, affected by the Qi of Anomalies, is to become a Mourning Spirit.
Jin Jumang stepped forward, his silhouette stern, his gaze sharp, and with a flick of his right hand, he unleashed a long spear made of Taiyin Qi.
Shi Feng watched this sudden change in horror, his eyes nearly bursting, yet at this moment, he suddenly realized something and shouted harshly, "If you kill me, you’ll never get the ’Red Pagoda Visualization Method,’ and you’ll never be able to enter this manor!"
Nobody spoke, Jin Jumang approached step by step.
Shi Feng screamed, "Never dream of it!"
Jin Jumang raised his spear, striking out.
Shi Feng raised his hand to block.
But the spear did not pierce him; instead, it stopped right in front of his forehead.
Everyone focused intently on the direction of Longevity Manor, where it was utterly silent, without any movement.
Jin Jumang’s voice broke the silence, "What about your accomplices?"
Shi Feng was stunned for a long while, then suddenly cried out insanely, "Kill me, kill me! Aren’t you going to kill me? Kill!"
Being old and cunning, he realized at that moment that the people in front of him were just testing him.
The ’Red Pagoda Visualization Method’ was also extremely urgent for them.
For the aging issue of the Master of Mountains and Rivers was not resolved, and no new path was discovered, the hopes of the human race would be completely ruined.
Zhang Daolu slightly frowned, staring at the distant Longevity Manor.
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He was hesitant in his thoughts.
After a long time, he said, "Fellow Daoists, how about we stay outside of this Longevity Manor for a few months and see?"
Everyone agreed, and they soon took Shi Feng and settled down outside.
...
Subsequently, they conducted various experiments on this manor.
They tried shouting, attempting communication under the guise of "trading," but no one responded.
They tried attacking the walls of the manor from outside, but whenever the Mountains and Rivers Seal was used, only Yang Qi remained, losing all Yin Qi. The Yang Qi struck the blood-red walls, causing ripples to spread like water, only to restore to its original state right after.
They even used secret methods, summoning evil spirits from the Reappear World to enter the manor... However, as soon as the evil spirits entered through the main gate, they dissolved into dust, disappearing without trace.
Zhang Daolu grew increasingly solemn, but with time pressing, if the many experiments still yielded no results, then... he might have to enter himself.
Achieving such a realm required not only caution but also courage.