Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 563 - 277: Corpse Dissolving Immortal! Evil of the Year of Tai Sui

Thousand-Year-Old Demon!?

The name exploded in Zhang Fan’s mind like a thunderclap, and he stared at the eerie figure on the mural in disbelief, showing a look of astonishment and doubt.

The owner of this grand tomb was a figure from three to four hundred years ago, yet he also encountered the Thousand-Year-Old Demon!?

"Thousand-Year-Old Demon... Is it the same person? Or just a coincidence? Or is the Thousand-Year-Old Demon merely a title?" Zhang Fan’s eyes flickered uncertainly, but his mind was already a mess.

Qi Delong, unaware of his thoughts, continued interpreting the contents of the mural.

"So that’s how it is..."

"What?" Zhang Fan snapped out of his thoughts and asked.

"Do you know what Immortal Technique that so-called master taught this Daoist?" Qi Delong countered.

Zhang Fan was taken aback for a moment, shook his head—how would he know?

"Corpse Dissolving Immortal!" Qi Delong’s lips eased open, uttering four words.

"Corpse Dissolving Immortal!?" Zhang Fan’s brows jumped.

In the extremely distant past, there was an Immortal Technique in the Daoist Sect known as Corpse Dissolving Immortal.

At that time, there was not yet the concept of Dual Cultivation of Body and Spirit.

The core philosophy of Corpse Dissolving Immortal is "Body Dissolving and Divinity Transformation." This lineage believes that the flesh is a red dust shackled, and only by liberating the body and pretending an object in the world can one ascend, such as clothes, staff, sword, etc.

This technique seems like death, but in truth is transformation, like the shedding of a snake or cicada, an alternate rebirth after the cycle of life and death, life transcends from this point onward.

In ancient Daoist Sect, there were many corpse resolution methods, such as Fire Resolution, Hydrolysis, Soldier Resolution, Staff Resolution, Sword Resolution... Additionally, there are Taiqing Corpse Dissolving Method, Taiyi Corpse Guarding Technique, Yin Yang Six Jia Refining Form and Essence Method, etc.

Corpse Dissolving Immortal was an Immortal Technique revered by the early Daoist Sect, but by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was considered inferior as an Immortal Technique, gradually abandoned.

"This Daoist is a figure from three to four hundred years ago; logically, how could he cultivate corpse dissolving methods?" Zhang Fan showed a look of doubt.

Nowadays in the Daoist Sect, Dual Cultivation of Body and Spirit is the correct path; Corpse Dissolving Immortal, abandoning the flesh, becomes a rootless duckweed, and is hopeless with the Grand Dao.

"The method he cultivates is not ordinary corpse resolution." Qi Delong said solemnly, his gaze falling on the corner of the mural.

There, a mountain is depicted, resembling a toad, the Daoist enters the mountain and lies in the coffin, a Primordial Spirit three-dimensional.

Below the mountain, a batch of light hides, poised to emerge.

"Is that an Innate Spirit Embryo!?" Zhang Fan looked at the batch of light.

Spirit Embryo, flesh, Primordial Spirit... forming an extremely intricate relationship on that mural.

"I understand now..."

"That Daoist wants, through corpse dissolving, to keep the Primordial Spirit intact, waiting for the Spirit Embryo to be born, occupying the magpie’s nest!?" Zhang Fan suddenly realized.

The Daoist actually wants to use corpse dissolving to seize the Spirit Embryo to transform into a flesh body!

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan and Qi Delong instinctively turned to look, the high hanging coffin actually swaying at this moment, the heavy chain making clanging sounds!

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The Great Moon hangs solitary, black clouds traverse.

A fierce wind rises within Toad Treasure Mountain, inducing chills in the silent night.

Among the pile of rocks, Meng Qiwu sat in meditation, her delicate face devoid of any color, thunder Qi enveloped her, a hint of purplish-red light faintly visible at her Dantian, recovering the dispersed True Yang.

"Damn... Damn..."

The angry roar echoed through the wilderness, with deep resentment.

Gu Chuan’Yin’s Primordial Spirit drifted in void, like a cloud of smoke, having lost his flesh, his Primordial Spirit found no support, becoming weak and pitiful.

This was still because he reached the High-level Realm, his Primordial Spirit once transformed.

Daoist Family emphasizes Dual Cultivation of Body and Spirit for a reason, there exists a subtle link between Primordial Spirit and the flesh.

Ordinary people after death, the Innate Primordial Spirit will gradually dissipate, those fortunate may transform into a Yin Spirit wandering ghost, yet they cannot last long.

Even a cultivator, even reaching the High-level Realm, the fall of the flesh, the Primordial Spirit will suffer heavy damage, if not supported by body acupoints for long, it will still scatter into the heavens and earth.

In other words, Gu Chuan’Yin’s many years of arduous cultivation vanished in an instant just now.

"Golden Toad Containing Pearl, the weather has changed, this giant toad has come alive."

At this moment, Meng Qiwu slowly opened her eyes, gazing at the changing mountain atmosphere in the distance, clusters of black clouds circulating, obscuring the stars.

As Pyramid of Corpses collapsed as a "seal," the toad finally opened its wide mouth.

"Meng Qiwu, you swore confidently, wasn’t it certain victory?" Gu Chuan’Yin gritted his teeth.

This time he lost greatly, his apprentice and Ma De, two Spirit Department level junior disciples died in the mountain, even his own flesh lost.

Even though he preserved his Primordial Spirit, without suitable flesh, it cannot last, at risk of dispersal.

However, suitable flesh is not so easily found.

Similar to spirit monsters in the mountain wanting to transform into demon forms, they need first to cultivate Inner Core to protect the Primordial Spirit, find ordinary suitable flesh body, after possession, cultivate for a hundred days, like human ten months gestation, if no rejection reaction occurs within hundred days, it is considered successful possession, treated as a suitable body acupoint.

Therefore, transforming into a demon is extremely difficult.

Some spirit monsters wanting to transform into demons often need continuous attempts, several, tens, even hundreds of bodies to match.

"I didn’t expect the Qi Brothers to have an expert beside them!" Meng Qiwu’s expression turned icy, Zhang Fan’s image appearing in her mind.

If it were just Qi Delong, Qi Dongqiang, the two brothers, she could fight using the Thunder Essence Pearl, even though the opponent was a descendant of Laojun Mountain, the outcome was uncertain.

Yet until the end, Meng Qiwu realized that the mysterious expert who suddenly emerged was indeed the most thorny existence.