Wet viviparity

Chapter 964 Seven Pillows, Underworld
"Huh~
"Waaah~"

At first, there was only a slight gust of cold wind around him, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a biting gale, which arose from nothingness and howled and swirled around the withered tree where Ji Ming was sitting.

This wind was no ordinary, chilly wind; it contained the sense of returning to stillness and tranquility inherent in water. As it blew past in gusts, even the desolate, dusty atmosphere that permeated the air of this ancient, silted city was frozen and settled.

The small puddle nearby quickly froze, and the fat catfish spirit hiding inside suddenly crawled out, looking around in fear, trying to find the source of the strange occurrence.

As the temperature plummeted, large swaths of frost and snow fell in abundance. Fox Master, huddled up with his arms wrapped around himself, shivered as he crawled out of the burrow, hot breaths billowing from his wet nostrils, staring in horror at the thick layer of frost that had formed within a radius of three or four zhang outside.

He came from a large local fox clan and was a knowledgeable demon. He clearly sensed that this was not a frost formation produced by some kind of magic or supernatural power, but he couldn't explain why, which made him increasingly panicked.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Before he could think further, an even bigger commotion pulled him back to reality.

Outside the city walls, a gigantic humanoid creature, seven zhang tall, swung its arms wildly and stomped its feet frantically, rushing towards them. Each step caused the ground to sink deep and dust to rise.

Around the giant spirit, seven or eight beams of light swirled and fought, but the giant spirit ignored them all, and some of them were even smashed apart.

"This giant is not heading this way."

The only cultivator in the group, Jin Daoren, emerged from a bare rock and said with relief.

"Let me take a look. The strange phenomenon of frost, snow, and eerie winds here only occurs within a range of four or five zhang. As long as we leave this area, there will be no more abnormalities. In any case, let's get out of here first," Jin Daoren suggested to Fox Master San.

Fox Master readily agreed, and as he prepared to greet Huang Silang on the crooked, bald tree, the surrounding light began to dim.

The dim, heavy light that originally emanated from the dome and the depths of the earth's core seemed to be swallowed up by the chill of this place, and the surrounding area of ​​several feet, or even tens of feet, quickly fell into a deep darkness.

The darkness here is not the absence of light, but a watery hue that seems to originate from the depths of hell, capable of absorbing all life force and warmth. When one is immersed in it, even the outward exploration of one's primordial spirit becomes sluggish and viscous.

The catfish warrior, the demon medicine man, and the mud demon had already run outside early on.

Fox Master called out to Huang Silang several times, but Huang Silang remained seated in meditation and did not respond. Fox Master gritted his teeth, abandoned his old companion, and walked out with Jin Daoren.

Just as they were about to step out of the blurry boundary between darkness and twilight, Fox Master and Golden Taoist saw Sea Yaksha waiting outside, scrutinizing this vast expanse of deep darkness. Beside Sea Yaksha were the three who had left earlier.

"Let's go back!"

Sea Yaksha said.

“It is your mission to stop the invading enemy. This dark place must be haunted by the bastards of the Jiao Demon Palace.”

With that, the sea demon took the lead and plunged into the darkness.

On the tree, centered on Ji Ming, a Dharma realm dominated by the yin and cold nature of water is rapidly taking shape.

Within the Dharma Realm, howling winds raged, ice covered the ground, darkness enveloped everything, and the temperature was low enough to freeze flesh and blood, effectively transforming into a small, dark realm, fulfilling another conjecture condition for the Treasure Eye to condense the character "化" (transformation).

"Ok?"

The return of several spirits caught Ji Ming's attention, and he immediately understood the reason. "These yakshas are truly audacious."

After decades of self-cultivation, Ji Ming felt that his bloodlust had diminished considerably. More accurately, his bloodlust towards creatures that posed no threat was no longer as strong. But if he were to seek death, he couldn't blame him.

With a thought, he cast a Five Elements Transporting Technique, sending these lesser demons outside the Dharma Realm.

Beyond the blurred boundary of darkness and twilight, the sea demon and its spirit party reappeared. The sea demon's expression changed several times, but in the end, it did not force its way in again.

"It seems that the master here is neither a member of the orthodox religion nor a heretical demon. Could he be a hermit from somewhere?"

Unable to understand, the Sea Yaksha could only lead the group of spirits away to intercept the Snotty Taoist of Taiping Mountain's Tianhe Peak, who had forced his way into the depths of the Forbidden Mountain. He only hoped not to attract the older generation of Taiping Mountain figures, or he would be in real trouble.

"strangeness."

Within the Dharma Realm, Ji Ming's heart sank.

Logically, he had already recreated the yin and yang environment from when he set up the Yin Corpse Fire Altar in the Hengshan Tomb Complex, and could verify another key condition for condensing the character "化" within the Treasure Eye. However, he felt, deep down, that he had no chance of success whatsoever.

"It seems that the dark and sinister forces within this Dharma realm are still insufficient to fulfill the conditions."

"That's right. As my cultivation has increased day by day, the spiritual energy required for condensing characters in my treasure eye has also increased. So, if condensing the character '化' requires a dark and gloomy environment, then this environment will naturally be more sinister than before."

As Ji Ming thought to himself, his primordial spirit swept outwards, capturing five kinds of old wood from the ruins of the city—namely, locust, willow, mulberry, poplar, and chinaberry, five kinds of yin wood. The five kinds of yin wood were used to build a wooden altar within the Dharma Realm.

Then Ji Ming raised his little paw and grabbed outwards, instantly killing the few little demons of the Cloud and Rain Temple on the ruins of the city. Their life essence was extracted and mixed with the soil, forming a mound on the altar. At the same time, a "Netherworld Demon-Attracting Rune Array" was also inscribed on the altar.

This altar is the Wood Yin Impure Earth Altar recorded in the Cangling Sect's true method, "The Book of Demon-Slaying and God-Controlling Techniques," which he learned from Xiao Qinggu when he was in his second primordial spirit body. As long as the primordial spirit sinks into this altar, it can penetrate the nine layers of the earth's crust, reach the three gates of Yin and Yang, and the edge of the underworld, sensing the chaotic demonic thoughts, heavy evil energy, and so on within.

If one cultivates the "Demon Slayer Manual" to a minor level, one can use this altar to open the gate connecting to the underworld and release the gods, demons, and monsters imprisoned within.

Ji Ming had not practiced the "Demon Slayer Techniques" and was therefore unable to open the Earth Gate, thus preventing the demonic energy of the Netherworld from being directly released to enhance the environment of the Dharma Realm.

However, his original body can transform between the real and the unreal. As long as he is in the unreal state, he is formless yet has substance, no different from the original spirit.

He is attached to this body, and that is the wonder of it.

Now, as long as his original body descends to the underworld through the altar, he can collect the yin energy of the underworld to strengthen his cold and desolate water realm.

Behind the weasel, a faint wisp of pure energy detached itself, fell off the altar, and vanished instantly, as if it had fallen into a layer of air.

When blood light emanated from within the Dharma Realm, demonic energy arose, and strange howls rose and fell, Ji Ming knew that he had achieved his goal; this time, his intuition was finally correct.

Ji Ming stretched out a hand, reached into his own body, and plucked out a speck of gray spiritual light, which transformed into the Yuan Pi Ruyi in his hand. The golden flower on the Ruyi's curved cloud neck fully bloomed, revealing the "Eye of Wet Egg Embryo Transformation" hidden within, as well as seven Yellow Millet Dream Pillows.

"here we go!

You only have seven chances.

(End of this chapter)