On the outskirts of Yanfu City, the mountain is covered by heavy snow, and there is a dilapidated mountain temple.

There is a bonfire in the temple, and a beggar and a Taoist priest sit on the ground.

Lao Dao wore his hair scattered, his eyes were cloudy, and there were beeping sparks in it: "Wild boy, as long as you help me do something, I will pass on the next heart of your divine skills." ”

The little beggar is called Ji Yuan, his face is dirty, but it is not difficult to see that his facial features are delicate.

He shrunk his neck and asked timidly, "What do you want me to do?"

The mountain temple has been abandoned for a long time, the clay sculpture of the bird's beak on the altar has long been unrecognizable, the green bricks on the ground are cracked, clumps of weeds grow inside, and from time to time there is a cold wind pouring in from the cracks in the wall.

Lao Dao raised his head, revealing a face with deep sunken eye sockets and full of black gas: "I will send you to Lion Camel Ridge, and you will find a lion camel cave." There is a secret treasure left over from ancient times in the cave, you go and get it with me. ”

Ji Yuan secretly looked at the Taoist priest and found that his eyes were extremely deep and empty, not like human eyes at all.

He couldn't help but shudder, and happened to see the gloomy bird's beak mountain god in the temple, and the two seemed to overlap together: "Listen to the people who fled there and come back, the demon is about to eat up the people in the surrounding realm." ”

When it came to eating people, Ji Yuan's facial features suddenly twisted, and the whole person was retching on the ground, and he actually vomited yellow, yellow, green and green bile.

His mind went blank, and it seemed that there were other memories coming flooding back besides the fear of demons.

Lao Dao turned his head to look at Ji Yuan, who was in a daze, and scolded sharply: "What? Dreaming again? Lao Tzu has no patience, hurry up and say go or not? ”

Ji Yuan's skin was numb, and he only felt as if he had been shocked, and his mouth was bitter, but he couldn't speak.

Seeing that Ji Yuan didn't speak, Lao Dao's gloomy face showed a touch of anger: "If you don't go, then you won't be able to bear my magic skills!" ”

Ji Yuan was shocked, but he responded weakly: "You want to abolish me?" ”

Pulling away the gray sideburns, Lao Dao smiled coldly, his eyes became empty, as if he had lost his eyeballs for a while: "It's not that simple." ”

Ji Yuan swallowed his saliva, his body seemed to be weighed down by a heavy mountain, and his body began to tremble a little: "Are you going to kill me?" ”

Lao Dao smiled brightly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "My magic skill is very strange, even if you become a ghost after you die, you can remember it after drinking Meng Po soup......

Ji Yuan's pupils were shocked, and he almost fell to the ground: "Do you want me to be destroyed and never be reborn?" ”

The firelight shone on the dead man's face, flickering and dimming, and the shadow behind him seemed to grow feathers, which were indescribably gloomy and weird.

Recalling that a year ago, this old Taoist fell into the mountain temple and said that he would use a magic skill that can make people immortal to exchange for a bowl of leftover rice in his hand.

At first, I thought it was a madman, so I gave him the leftovers.

Ji Yuan only thinks that he can't eat enough, and what else does he have to care about immortality.

You won't be able to die then, and you'll be hungry forever?

Hunger is the most painful thing in the world.

How do you know that the scholar eats a surplus of food, and he really began to teach himself a method of cultivating qi.

That is, one dares to teach, and the other dares to practice.

A few days later, Ji Yuan found that a hot breath gradually grew in his lower abdomen.

When running, the heat traveled all over his body, and Ji Yuan only felt that his strength was infinite, and his body was like a trance.

After that, every once in a while, Lao Dao would beat and torture Ji Yuan, and then he didn't know where to find some strange flowers and fruits for him to eat.

A year has passed, and Ji Yuan's whole person has not been tortured to death, but has been reborn, and he actually has a little immortal atmosphere on his body.

Originally, Ji Yuan was supposed to be Lao Dao's reborn parents, but when he thought of Lao Dao's torture of him on weekdays, as well as his obedient and ruthless aura, where did he dare to be close.

However, between getting along day and night, in addition to cultivation, he also taught Ji Yuan some anecdotes.

Ji Yuan remembered that the old Tao said that mortals practice and exercise the physical body, and use food to replenish their vitality, which is for the womb; Qi and blood are sufficient to strengthen the soul, and then collect the vitality of heaven and earth to derive mana, which is to go out of the body and travel ......

Demons are beasts in the form of beasts, and their cultivation is at least above the fugue, while those old demons who accumulate old age are even more powerful, and they are only waiting to move mountains and reclaim the sea.

Therefore, Ji Yuan knows that on the road of cultivation, one step away is a world of difference.

He's just a Fetal Realm monk now.

And Lao Dao also talked about it, that Lion Camel Ridge used to be the dojo of the three poisonous demons.

Mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, the heavens are cold.

Although the old master has been subdued by Buddhism, but in such a demonic place, the current master must also be a ruthless person.

This is also the reason why Ji Yuan is so afraid.

Lao Dao's coughing interrupted Ji Yuan's memories.

I saw him lean towards the bonfire, stretched out two fingers like eagle claws, poked into the fire, and dialed the firewood: "I'll ask you again, to go or not to go?" ”

Ji Yuan sat paralyzed on the ground, he had no doubt that this old Taoist had the ability to destroy himself.

"The demon can't eat me, but the old way wants to tell me to never be born......" He looked blank and opened his mouth and muttered, "I'll go!" It's not possible to go?! ”

The old man smiled cruelly, and his mouth was foggy, and he began to read some words.

He turned around and fanned his sleeves again, as if a crow flapped its wings: "You don't have to be too alarmed, I'll give you a talisman armor." ”

Ji Yuan suddenly felt the world spinning, his ears were filled with the sound of whistling wind, and then his eyes turned black, and he didn't know where he was.

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"Whew...... Whew......"

A young man in cloth hides his breath, one foot deep and one foot shallow, walking in the deep mountains and old forests that do not see the light of day.

This young man is Ji Yuan, who was fanned away by the sleeve of the old way.

It turned out that at that time, the wind was turning in Ji Yuan's ears, and when he opened his eyes after it subsided, he found that he didn't know how far he had flew, and he must have been in the lion camel ridge where demons were roaring.

I heard that the 800-mile lion camel ridge is red and white, the red is the human flesh is rotten into dust and mud, the white is the skeleton and skeleton like a ridge, and I saw the human tendons and human skin thrown around, wrapped around the woods, and after the air drying, it was as bright as silver.

It was really a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the smell was terrible.

Since Ji Yuan entered the mountain, although he has not seen the rumored horror scene, he has also found that the mountains are gloomy and bleak, and the atmosphere is treacherous, making people feel like they are in a netherworld.

Ji Yuan's eyes widened, walking on the mountain road, looking around, like a frightened bird.

"This old way is really strange, since he has such magical powers, why do you want me to take the treasure for him?"

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, piercing the marrow of the human marrow, rolling up clouds of dark blue mist, rolling into the dead grass on both sides of the mountain road, which was taller than a person, making a croaking sound.

"Something!"

Ji Yuan screamed, but didn't see any response.

He craned his neck and looked left and right, and suddenly felt that this place was full of demonic energy, and there were spirits in all directions.

"This place is full of weirdness, and I don't know when and where a demon came out and ate me?"

He swallowed his saliva, opened his shirt, and went to see the treasure armor given by Lao Dao.

This soft armor is crystal clear, not gold or stone, and it is cool to wear on the body.

"I don't know if this thing can save my life."

As Ji Yuan walked, the soft armor faintly emitted a seven-colored light that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, dragging behind him, as if covered with a heavy colored mist.

The cold wind in the mountains was cold, Ji Yuan gathered his clothes, and unconsciously carried the old Taoist teaching him to vomit kung fu.

All of a sudden, a ball of heat rose in the lower abdomen, like a fire, wandering among the limbs and hundreds of remains, the whole person was refreshed, his eyes were shining, and his whole body gave birth to infinite strength.

"Breathe and breathe in nine breaths, and run the five elements to knot the Yuan Qi. Gather and disperse for no reason, and return to the truth of the baby. ”

This paragraph was passed on to Ji Yuan when Lao Dao sent him away, and it was a part of the mental formula for breaking through the fetal realm.

Ji Yuan had no distractions, reciting the mantra repeatedly, and the breath around his body kept running, like a river flowing for a long time.

Again...... Twice......

He slowly noticed that his body was getting lighter and hotter, and the heat above his head was steaming, and clouds of white mist poured out.

In this white mist, you can faintly see people's faces and facial features.

The white mist was ethereal, wrapped in the glow of the soft armor, dotted with stars, and a thumb-sized golden armor god appeared in the void, and their appearance was lifelike.

Another gust of wind blew, Ji Yuan's whole person became fluttering, and a piece of Qionglou Yuyu appeared in front of him, thousands of Ruicai, and countless immortals rode the clouds and cranes, shuttling between them.

"Is this the fairy world?"

There is an indescribable happiness in his chest, as if he has gone through a thousand difficulties and dangers, and finally achieved his goal, he is about to soar.

Stay away from all pain and suffering, live forever from now on, be at ease in Daluo, and enjoy endless time and space!

Ji Yuan recalled the past, suddenly hungry in his stomach, and finally remembered the disappeared memory.

Many people appeared in my memory, like locusts, swarming, eating up the bark of grass roots and trees within a radius of ten miles.

When the bark of the grass and trees had been eaten, they went to the graves to eat the flesh of the dead inside.

When the flesh of the dead is eaten, the next thing is to eat the living.

The memory came to an abrupt end, and he still didn't remember whether he had eaten human flesh or not.

It turns out that his fear of cannibalism is even greater than that of demons.

At this moment, the heavenly immortal qi poured down desperately, constantly inspiring the happiness of great relief and freedom in Ji Yuan's heart.

He couldn't help but ask himself, what is Chengxian?

Will it not grow old and will not die? Is it that the glory and wealth are inexhaustible, and he is more at ease than the emperor?

At this time, Ji Yuan touched his stomach again: "As long as you become an immortal, you don't have to eat people or go hungry?" ”

Ji Yuan only felt that his consciousness was getting more and more blurred, and his body was flying higher and higher, and he was about to ascend into the brilliant immortal realm.

Between the lightning and flint, the seven-colored glow on the soft armor is flourishing, and the bones are emerging one after another, forming a large piece of Qingyun canopy, and the weather is boundless.

Under the canopy, a group of thumb-sized golden-armored gods, their eyes were wide open, as if they had come to life, all of them were full of energy, forming magic seals, and they all let out an angry roar towards Ji Yuan.

A loud roar shook like thunder, instantly knocking Ji Yuan down from the clouds.

Ji Yuan said "ah", opened his eyes, and there was no radiance in them, and his breath became weak.

"Could it be that I almost went mad just now?"

Recalling the pleasure of lifting the sun just now, I was afraid for a while: "I heard the old Tao say that in the process of breaking through the fetal realm and condensing the soul, there will be many illusions. If the soul comes out of the shell just now and floats to the sky, I am afraid that the soul will be scattered immediately! ”

However, after a while, Ji Yuan sat down on the ground, and there was no trace of the joy of touching the cultivation bottleneck in his heart and the rest of his life.

His mouth was full of bitterness again, and his stomach gradually turned over: "Have I ever eaten someone?" ”

Ji Yuan suddenly remembered that Lao Dao had said something inexplicable to him.

There was a chill in his back, and then he thought it was enlightening himself.

"In this world, not only do youkai eat people, but people also eat people, and they are more evil than youkai!"

"What's the point of eating a few people? How can you attain enlightenment without eating people? ”

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