Wet viviparity

Chapter 860 Divine Mud, Mysterious Secret
The ancient city walls and the gorge were too close, only a dozen or twenty miles apart. The two fierce beasts, Man and Xu, who were deep in the gorge, could sense them at any time.

Now that the two villains are at the Water Gorge, judging from their situation, it is clear that they are protecting something extremely important, and their attention is most likely not on the outside world. However, if this drags on, no one can guarantee that the two villains will not be able to sense anything, and this battle could be triggered at any time.

Even Zhang Xiaoyuan felt immense pressure under the watchful eyes of the two villains.

Moreover, beside the two villains were the two disciples left behind by the Demon Immortal Monkey King. These two were brought into the Great Cloud Floating Territory, so they must not be ordinary people. The shape-shifting old demon was to be expected.

Faced with Zhang Xiaoyuan's question, Master Xuanying did not answer immediately. Instead, he solemnly picked up his pipe and tapped his true form.

As it was struck, a few sparks flew from the pipe, bouncing on the blood-red, hardened surface, leaving a few scorch marks. At that moment, the eyelids twitched, and the pipe opened with difficulty, revealing bloodshot eyes.

His eyes were murky and filled with violence and a deeper sense of confusion, as if he were trapped in a nightmare and rarely had any clarity.

No blood flowed from the wound where the wooden staff had pierced his body; only wisps of smoke escaped. However, this smoke was quickly suppressed by the talisman on his head, which was held in the Niwan Palace.

"Tsk, died twice, and was brought back to life twice by different people using different methods."

Master Xuanying smacked his lips and exhaled a thick cloud of white smoke.

The smoke seemed to possess a spirit, coiling around the fierce head. "Yayu, or rather, your mind is more often confused than clear-headed, perhaps even more chaotic than the pile of rocks on this forbidden mountain. Do you still recognize who you are?"

The fierce man's facial muscles twitched, and he made a hissing sound from his throat, like a broken bellows.

He tried to struggle to get up, but the combined suppression of the wooden staff and the talisman prevented him from even raising his head. His gaze swept over the three people in front of him and finally landed on Ji Ming. He mumbled something, and only upon closer listening could one hear the words "Little Saint".

Master Xuanying took a puff of smoke, slowly exhaled, and said, "You have a long history and have been resurrected twice, which means that tomorrow will not abandon you and you still have a destiny. Otherwise, the order I have received from the sect leader would have made you perish completely, with no possibility of ever returning."

The sect leader, mindful of Heaven's benevolence, has only captured and sealed you, without harming your very essence. When you return to the mountain after this ordeal, you may be appointed as a guardian beast. Once your merits are complete, you will naturally enter the celestial realm and attain great freedom.

"Your chance to turn over a new leaf is right now. Are you ready or not?"

Despite his urge to resist, Xiong remained steadfast on his altar, displaying an expression of defiance. He said, "The God Lord is my old friend. Ten thousand years ago, during the reign of Emperor Yuan, we were powerful figures on earth, each establishing our own demon mountains and kingdoms, standing shoulder to shoulder with Emperor Xi."

If I wanted to be born into the Taiyi Sanshu lineage, I would have already become a disciple of some old immortal. Why would I wait for you Taiping Mountain people to come and take me in?

"Little Saint Lingxu!"

Suddenly, Xiong shouted at Ji Ming, "Since you have gained the favor of the Divine Mother and the high praise of your sect's patriarchs, you will surely be famous in heaven in the future. I don't want to die at the hands of this old mountain guard dog and that traitor. You give me an answer."

Ji Ming gripped the Yuanpi Ruyi, stepped forward, looked down at the ferocious god, and shook his head to advise, "Since you have been resurrected twice and have such a mysterious experience, shouldn't you cherish yourself even more? Why ruin your future like this?"

"Hoo ho."

The ferocious screech became more rapid, and the expression on the human face twisted.

He seemed to want to respond, but his disordered mind prevented him from organizing his thoughts clearly. After a while, he said, "You are still too young. Your lifespan is not yet mature enough. When the time comes, you will be able to see through the mystery of life and death like I have."

"Ah!"

Ji Ming sneered and said, "If you were truly mature, I would be the one here, at your mercy."

"Stubborn."

Master Xuanying struck down with his pipe again, this time with slightly more force, sparks flying.

"It seems you are quite confused. Take a good look at what's in front of you." After being reminded by Master Xuan Ying, he looked at the swarm of mosquitoes. In the swarm, he sensed the same energy as the roots of the forbidden mountain. It was the nature of the root that was turbid and heavy, but contained a strong vitality.

His second resurrection was completed within the mud roots, within such a mysterious root nature. Apart from Da Feng, who was also born from mud roots but was inherently deficient, no one understood this mystery better than him.

“You...you already know that the yin and yang energies on that divine clay naturally produce male and female natures, so why do you need to ask me again?”

Upon hearing the ominous words, Ji Ming immediately recalled Yu Xian's words and thought to himself, "The nature of male and female is to accept the unborn and conceive the whole."

At that time, he told the Jade Immortals about the strange creature of Tai Sui. The Jade Immortals said that the creature's roots were connected to the secrets of the ancient cave. Its nature was chaotic and mixed, and it had its own male and female nature. It could take in the remnants and conceive the whole, turning the dead into the living. Therefore, it could conceive the embryo of the Great Wind.

Unexpectedly, the secret treasure was the divine mud in the mouth of this ferocious beast.

What is the nature of male and female animals?
It possesses both yin and yang, and is a unified entity, capable of conceiving on its own.

Among all the spirits of heaven and earth, many possess this nature, but when things outside of the spirits possess this nature, they are the ones who wield the power of creation.

Ji Ming vaguely felt that the scattered intelligence he had could be pieced together, but some key information was still missing. Now, with Xiong and Xuan Ying Shangren, it might be the time to uncover other information.

He felt a slight excitement; such things were not to be heard casually.

Master Xuanying exhaled a long puff of smoke, his face appearing and disappearing in the smoke.

Just then, the artificial mountain in Ji Ming's palm rose up on its own, and a Buddha's light shone down from the mountain. Instantly, the fragrance of sandalwood spread, and a rainbow descended on the fierce forehead. A figure a few inches long rolled down the rainbow and crashed into the fierce forehead.

Clearly, this figure was a preparatory move, intended to take advantage of the moment when the villain's guard was broken to infiltrate and extract the secrets hidden within.

As expected, the fierce creature was completely unprepared and could only let the figure crash into it.

It was the scent of the mosquito swarm, which was of the same origin and kind as that of Ni Gen, that made the evil spirit shake his mind. He thought that Taiping Mountain had seen through Ni Gen's secrets. Little did he know that if he really knew the secrets, why would he need to capture and interrogate him? It was a pointless act. Did he really think that Lu Zhenjun still had the thought of saving lives in the midst of a great calamity?

At this moment, Lu Zhenjun's double pupils also fell from afar, taking note of the situation here.

The evil spirit said, "The divine mud was originally kept by the heavens on the Emperor Youtai of Jupiter. In the ancient Yuanhuang era, in order to control the floods, Yinbo Gun stole this thing from the Emperor Youtai and divided it into nine pieces."

Based on these nine muds, Gun built the ancient city of Guyin at a strategic location of the Five Sacred Mountains and Four Great Rivers.

Nine pieces of divine mud took root in nine ancient burial mounds, absorbing the earth's essence. Their immense and life-giving power transformed the mounds into a thick, dark yellow city, impervious to water and fire, and capable of dividing floods, ultimately quelling the floods of the world.

Unfortunately, as time passed, even the ancient embankment that once determined the great flood had decayed and gradually lost its effectiveness. However, the divine mud continued to take root underground, endlessly regenerating.

When the Lord of Rain and Pigs came here to establish his sect, you all thought it was because the Milky Way had poured into this place to form a lake, and demons swarmed like ants. In reality, he was instructed by that celestial being to accomplish his mission by using the mud in the ancient embankment.

As long as that celestial being continues to favor the deity, the Cloud and Rain Temple will not fall.

"joke!"

As soon as Lu Zhenjun spoke, Zhang Xiaoyuan's eyes flickered, and he immediately waved his fan, causing the swarm of mosquitoes to land on the fierce creature.

In no time, the true form of the ferocious god was completely drained, leaving only a piece of blood-red leather floating back and forth on the mound. Seeing that no one was making any moves, Ji Ming took the ferocious god's skin and put it away on his own.

(End of this chapter)