Wet viviparity

Chapter 180 Cockroach Head, Metamorphosis
In the bright red fog, corpses were piled up one after another. From a distance, they looked like a large mass of black seaweed floating from the horizon.

The wizard standing on it had scarlet eyes and a hairy face. He wore an ill-fitting scarlet robe of a high-ranking master, which was embroidered with gold and silver threads, auspicious clouds, cranes, the sun, the moon, and the stars.

He was so hunched over that his wide sleeves dragged on the pile of corpses.

"Vestments!"

Many people in the mountain noticed this. This robe was exclusive to high-ranking officials. When it appeared on the red-eyed ape, anyone would be able to associate it with the master of this mountain - the Tiger Guardian.

"Squeak~"

The ape monster roared twice, and also felt the suspicious gazes of those in Fengkun Mountain.

At that moment, he did not care about the bulge in his belly. He stretched out his hand to pull the red mist around him, covering his robes, and blew up the evil mist and magic wind to retreat to the Huatai Cave under his own Dry Water Abyss.

Ji Ming was standing on a peak near the Dry Water Abyss. He saw the red-eyed ape returning to the bottom of the abyss.

If he guessed correctly, his only treasure, the White Bone Heart Bead, should be in the pile of corpses under the feet of the red-eyed ape.

Ji Ming hesitated a little. The red-eyed ape had been hit by the Yuzhu bow and was about to give birth, a time when she was at her weakest and had no time to spare. However, Ji Ming felt that something was fishy.

It wasn't just Ji Ming who felt something was wrong, but also Zhang Xiaoyuan who had just displayed his prowess.

He had already seized a big bell in the cloud and was about to decipher the talisman when an ape demon suddenly appeared from the side. His Taoist skills had already been "transformed" and he fought with him for a long time.

In the end, not only did he take away his big bell, he also said that this was a test for the duel in Fengkun Mountain, which made him so angry that he directly took out his bamboo bow.

Zhang Xiaoyuan was just about to go to the Dry Water Abyss to find out what was going on when he suddenly saw Ji Ming on a peak outside the abyss and immediately landed on the top of that peak.

"Junior Brother Zhang, are you planning to go check it out too?"

The red-eyed ape who called himself "Master Chongyong" was a little hard for him to figure out. It seemed that he had some connection with Zhenhu Weng. Zhang Xiaoyuan did not dare to be arrogant, so he prepared to ask Zhang Bao to go with him.

"Together."

Ji Ming nodded.

The two of them walked together and immediately jumped into the abyss.

The dry abyss is located in a desolate land. It can be seen that it was once a well-stocked abyss, but now it has dried up, leaving only a huge dry pit.

Its edges were jagged and cracked, like the exposed wounds of an ancient god, disgusting and terrifying.

The further they went down, the heavier the fog became, and the swirling fog was faintly red. When the two fell to the bottom, they could see a thick layer of silt covering the place, which was dry and cracked.

Occasionally, in those cracks, there are some remains that appear to be aquatic creatures from the deep sea. Only the exposed parts have abnormally distorted shapes.

Ji Ming glanced at Zhang Xiaoyuan quietly, and there was a flash of thought in Zhang Xiaoyuan's eyes.

This thinking is not an analysis of the current situation, but a speculation based on certain known things. Zhang Xiaoyuan must know something.

Ji Ming drove his strong men to dig out a skeleton from under the cracked mud. It turned out that the skeleton had two types of skeletal systems, one growing inside and the other growing outside.

“This side.”

On the skull of the remains, there was a pincer-like horn.

When Ji Ming picked up the black skull, he found that the two horns on it could still move, but the eye sockets were not right. The eye sockets were several times larger than those of humans, there was no nasal bone, and there was a pair of hooks on both sides of the teeth.

"Secret skills?"

Ji Ming asked doubtfully.

In a situation like the remains, it seems that only the "reverse demon transformation" in the secret technique can be achieved.

Zhang Xiaoyuan on the side shook his head slightly, denying the speculation about the secret skill. His expression had become much more serious, and he walked towards the bright light in the red fog in front of him.

When you get closer, you can see many rocks. They have unnatural bends and folds, and the surface is covered with dark green moss. In some places, there is no moss, so that runes are formed in the moss.

Ji Ming was not sure if they were talismans, they were all disc-shaped, in different disc shapes, vortex-shaped, wheel-shaped, eye-shaped, etc. "You must know something, Brother Zhang."

Ji Ming stopped. He didn't have the patience to wait for Zhang Xiaoyuan to speak, so he could only take the initiative to ask. He just didn't know if he had the power to make Zhang Xiaoyuan reveal the inside story.

"I heard from Tiger Eye that you will be one of the four Yin officials in Lan Yin Fang?"

Ji Ming was stunned for a moment, not understanding how this had anything to do with his role as a Yin official, but he nodded seriously anyway.

"Since you are going to Lanyinfang, you must know something about the mountain's plan for Liling. You will always be involved in it in the future, so it's okay to tell you some of it."

The big plan here refers to the second battle in Guancai Cave. Ji Ming has been paying close attention to the progress of this matter.

However, this matter involved a very high level, and even if he wanted to find out, he would not be able to find out even a little bit. Unexpectedly, he would now learn some of the inside story from Zhang Xiaoyuan.

"The Panku Mountain, a major branch of the Tiannan side sect, and even another Nanmu Sacred Mountain that stretches across the Liling Mountains, have a mysterious skill, a secret scripture called the "Chengpan Yuhua Sutra" that does not belong to the three heavens.

As early as the first battle more than ten years ago, Shanshang had been studying various ingenious methods against Panku Mountain.

The wood needles made for poison were just a side job, and the main research in the mountains is still on this ancient secret scripture."

Ji Ming knew about the wood-dissolving needle. In his first life as Centipede, he killed Yu Xiao in the Witch Garden and stole many Taoist books. He then had a small fight in the Fire Watchtower in the village outside the garden.

At that time, a female Taoist on the upper floor used a hidden weapon made of a long and thin wooden spike. The hidden weapon was the wooden needle, which could neutralize strange poisons and kill all kinds of insects.

As Zhang Xiaoyuan spoke, he walked closer to the fire in the fog.

"The Chengpan Yuhua Sutra is different from our Cangtian Dao Fa. It is created based on the transformation of insects into pupae. Through this kind of wonderful transformation, one can become an immortal."

As he said this, Zhang Xiaoyuan couldn't help but sigh.

"I heard that before the Three Heavens were established, when there was no Dao in ancient times, all kinds of cultivation methods flourished, and there were all kinds of incredible things. This time, perhaps we can get a glimpse of one or two of them."

Ji Ming smiled and asked, "Brother Zhang, aren't you afraid of the monster in the cave?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan also smiled when he heard this question and said, "Anyone can see that he is just a monster raised by the Tiger Suppressor. Besides, with the strength of the two of us, we should have no worries about protecting ourselves."

At this time, the two of them were already standing at the bottom of the dry water abyss, in front of the cave entrance that was two or three meters wide.

Beside the cave, there is a stone tortoise carrying a stele, on which hangs a transparent insect-belly ball. The ball emits a hazy red light, illuminating the large characters engraved on the stele - Chishizhai, Huatui Cave.

"Chishi Village, isn't that one of the five major villages under Nanmu Shen Mountain?"

This thought flashed through Ji Ming's mind, and he thought of the baboon woman who escaped from the Suonie Well. She was a demon in another Xuanshi Village at the foot of Nanlaoshen Mountain.

The two were about to enter the cave when a voice suddenly stopped them.

In the cave, there was a "dudu" sound, and a long staff jumped to the entrance of the cave. The cockroach head at the end of the staff said, "This is the old man's secret cave, where he refines elixirs. You are not allowed to enter.

However, you two have special status in the mountain, if you insist on entering, you can only visit the main cave room."

"Who are you?" Ji Ming asked curiously, thinking that judging from the words of the cockroach-headed stick, the demon ape in the cave did not seem to have any hostility.

"I used to be a disciple of Shenzhu Yifeng. Now I am a heretic who has cultivated the Panyuhua Sutra. You can call me Liu Gen."

The two took a few steps closer and stepped into the cave. Only then could they see the cockroach head clearly. It looked like a triangular helmet, with a bright brown insect shell and two hemispherical eyes embedded in a face that looked four-quarters like a human.

Ji Ming looked at everything in the cave curiously. In the main cave room, there was a strange furnace.

This furnace tripod is shaped like a tower, and is made of neither stone nor iron, but a dark shell. The entire furnace tripod is seamlessly integrated, and the bulging belly of the furnace is chrysalis rising and falling.

There were no three legs at the bottom of the cauldron, but it was randomly stuck to the ground through some kind of insect wax, like large clumps of hard scabs.

There are two long bamboo-like tentacles on the top, shaking from time to time, sensing something. There are three downward-bending ears around the furnace.

Liu Gen, the cockroach head on the staff, was very enthusiastic and introduced: "This is the 'Big Pupa Gu Furnace', which was secretly made in the Hua Tui Cave here. In the future, it may become a great magic weapon to deal with Panku Mountain."

(End of this chapter)