After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 783 The Power of the Dharma Form, Elevation of Mental State!
In the wine jar, besides a large amount of medicinal herbs, there was also a bead soaking in the liquid.

The inner core of the dragon can, to be precise, be considered a dragon essence.

The energy of the Dragon Essence is contained within, making it difficult to access through ordinary means. Moreover, the sheer ferocity of its energy means that it cannot be used by just anyone.

The recipe for the Medicine King Elixir Wine was something Chen Yang had to go through a lot of trouble to find in the library of Baoguo Temple.

It is said to have been left by Sun Simiao, the "King of Medicine".

The medicinal properties of the medicinal wine are used to draw out the energy from the dragon essence and then integrate it into the medicinal wine.

While ensuring that energy is not wasted, it also makes the energy of the Dragon Essence gentler and easier to absorb.

Chen Yang had already tried it before, and it was indeed effective.

Now, after soaking for several months, the energy in the wine has become saturated, and the liquid has a golden hue. Just by smelling it, you can feel how potent its medicinal properties are.

Chen Yang first fished out the dragon essence, wiped it clean, and stored it in the system warehouse for the next time he would soak it in alcohol.

The energy within the Dragon Essence remained immense, but it was unknown how much energy had been extracted.

The Three Corpse Divine Tree and the Five Thunder True Man were also greatly surprised when they saw it.

This guy actually has a Dragon Essence in his hand?
Although puzzled, neither the man nor the tree said anything, for Chen Yang was at a crucial moment and could not be disturbed.

Chen Yang took a deep breath, took out a wine glass, scooped out about two ounces, and downed it in one gulp.

Although he could directly consume the inner core of the Dao True Realm, he would never dare to directly consume the Dragon Essence.

He is confident, but not overly so.

After drinking the beverage, a burning sensation immediately rose within me.

From the mouth to the throat, and then to the abdomen, it felt like someone had stabbed a burning stick into it.

I should have gotten some braised meat to go with my drinks, oops!
Chen Yang let out a burp.

Soon, I felt the effects of the alcohol and the medicine kicking in.

With Chen Yang's physique and cultivation, a little wine is nothing, just a drop of water. But this is the Medicine King's Elixir-Making Wine, its potency enhanced by dragon essence and medicinal herbs, so it's not going to be too strong.

While using the "Five Contemplations on Food Preservation Technique" to refine the medicinal power, Chen Yang used the "Danyang Skill" to force the effects of the alcohol out from his fingertips.

He didn't want to become a drunkard and cause a ruckus in this desolate wilderness.

……

Time flies, and before we knew it, dusk had fallen.

In the mountains and forests, it was already getting dark.

The jar of wine, probably weighing about ten pounds, was completely devoured by Chen Yang, sip by sip.

When Chen Yang had finished refining all the medicinal power in the ginseng, the eighteenth cultivation path of the Dharma Body Golden Body Technique was finally completed.

The moment Chen Yang felt the energy pathways open up, it was as if a thunderclap resounded within his body.

When the body's energy flows smoothly and unimpeded, the true essence moves freely throughout the body.

At the summit, Chen Yang's body was covered with a layer of brilliant golden light, and he had already mastered the "Dharma Body Golden Body Technique".

"Buzz!"

Chen Yang's eyes snapped open, flashing with a sharp light. The air trembled slightly, and the golden light floating on Chen Yang's body suddenly expanded and detached from his body.

A golden phantom enveloped Chen Yang.

The illusory figure also sat cross-legged, with the same appearance as Chen Yang.

Chen Yang stood up, and the illusory figure also stood up at the same time, but it was much larger than Chen Yang.

It was about 2.5 meters tall, and its whole body was radiant with golden light, just like a god descending to earth.

Chen Yang waved his hand, and the phantom waved his hand in response. He raised his foot, and the phantom raised its foot in the same way, perfectly synchronized with his movements.

Is this the Dharma form?

The Dharma Image is created after the "Dharma Image Golden Body Technique" is perfected.

It is itself a huge protective shield for the main body, and it is said to have an attack power no weaker than the main body.

Of course, the strength of a Dharma Form depends on its solidity and size.

Chen Yang arrived at a nearby mountaintop next to a huge rock.

Back then, the Solomon's Seal King was hidden in a crack in this rock, which took Chen Yang a lot of effort to find.

This rock is huge, weighing at least a hundred tons.

"boom!"

Chen Yang threw a punch directly.

His fist didn't hit the stone, but Faxiang's fist struck it first.

There was a bang.

The stone shattered instantly, as if hit by a missile. The huge stone rapidly split open, and large pieces of rubble exploded, flying everywhere.

A strange light flashed in Chen Yang's eyes.

This punch, the power of the Dharma Image, definitely surpassed the power of the Five Dragons, but he couldn't estimate how much it surpassed.

This was only when his Dharma Body had just been fully formed and was no more than ten feet tall, yet his power was already so formidable, almost on par with the physical strength of his true body.

If I continue to cultivate in the future and condense my Dharma body to one zhang, ten zhang, or even higher, how terrifying would that be?
The "Dharma Body Golden Body Technique" truly lives up to its reputation as one of the three great golden body techniques, a top-tier divine skill of Emei. The potential of this technique is limitless.

Chen Yang was overjoyed.

However, casting the Dharma Body seems to consume far more energy than simply casting the Golden Body.

That punch was powerful enough, but the golden body of the Dharma Image was noticeably dimmer.

The Dharma Form requires a huge amount of true essence and pure spiritual energy to maintain. He had just used up all the true essence in his body to open up his meridians, and less than 10% of the true essence remained in his body. The spiritual power in his spiritual platform was also almost exhausted. This Dharma Form could not be maintained for long and was already on the verge of collapse.

He quickly withdrew his Dharma form, and the golden light on his body also rapidly subsided, returning to his original form.

"Plop, plop..."

But it was at this moment that Chen Yang felt his heart pounding wildly.

My mind is in turmoil, my heart is pounding, as if some great calamity is about to befall me.

His face quickly turned deathly pale, a nameless panic gripped him, a surge of restlessness rose within him, his anger and rage were suddenly ignited, and his mind became somewhat muddled.

Frustrated and angry, as if there was a surge of anger in his heart that desperately needed to be released, his eyes quickly turned bloodshot, like a wild beast that had lost control of its reason.

It was as if he had gone mad, so he quickly began practicing the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, but it didn't seem to have much effect.

Chen Yang panicked; he had never encountered such a situation before.

"Meditation."

At this moment, the Five Thunder Immortal spoke up, "Your physique has improved too much all at once, it's beyond the limit. With your current state of mind, you can't control the powerful physical strength, and inner demons will arise. Quickly calm your mind and take the Heart Refining Pill!"

The words of the Five Thunder Immortal were like thunder in one's ears.

Chen Yang's somewhat flustered and confused mind instantly cleared up.

Xuanjing had also reminded him to take advantage of the opportunity to refine his mind when he achieved the Golden Body.

He quickly took out a Heart-Refining Pill, and swallowed it without even chewing it.

……

-

It's late at night.

A light rain began to fall, soaking Chen Yang's clothes completely. The cool rain woke him from his meditation.

"so close!"

He exhaled a long breath, and in the light rain, Chen Yang's eyes regained their clarity.

His physique was too powerful, which was truly dangerous. He almost went mad and was doomed.

At this moment, Chen Yang felt extremely fortunate, as a good thing had almost turned into a bad thing.

Fortunately, we had prepared enough Heart-Refining Pills.

Under these special circumstances, the effects of the Heart-Refining Pill are maximized, and there is no need to consider any side effects caused by taking it too frequently.

Chen Yang took a total of five Refining Heart Pills before he could forcibly suppress the feeling of going into qi deviation.

He only had five in total, so he used them all at once.

It felt like I was having a fragmented dream.

Finally, the dream is over.

Having gone through this ordeal of qi deviation, Chen Yang felt that his state of mind had indeed improved a lot, but he was still a short distance away from the late stage of the Creation Realm.

Chen Yang was not surprised.

He had previously taken a Heart Refining Pill, which caused his mental state to break through to the mid-stage of the Creation Realm. This was because he was already on the verge of breaking through, just one step away.

But this time was different. His mental state had only recently broken through to the mid-stage of the Creation Realm, so the medicinal power of the Heart Refining Pill wasn't that terrifying. A few pills were enough to raise his mental state to the level of another small realm.

……

Although it's a bit of a pity that I didn't cultivate my mental state to the late stage of the Creation Realm in one fell swoop, the progress in my mental state is very obvious.

Chen Yang is very content.

With a calm mind and steady cultivation, reaching the late stage of the Creation Realm in a short time is not difficult. After taking some pills to replenish Qi and spiritual power, Chen Yang regulated his breathing for a while, and his true essence and spiritual power recovered to about 60-70% before guiding his Qi back to its origin.

The mission is accomplished.

Looking at the time, it was already midnight.

The rain was still falling, and it was pitch black all around. Chen Yang shook off the rain and came down from Centipede Ridge, heading towards the edge of the deep mountains.

This breakthrough took a long time. He originally thought it wouldn't take long, since it was just opening up one meridian. How long could it take?
I never imagined that opening this meridian would take so much of his energy.

Nine Creation Realm Pills, two Dao True Realm Pills, and a jar of Medicine King Pill-Transforming Wine.

It practically emptied his remaining supplies. If the Medicine King's Elixir Wine runs out, he'll probably have to resort to that pear.

However, Chen Yang planned to keep that pear for when he broke through to the Dao True Realm. Such a rare and precious herb should be used for breakthroughs in realms, not wasted on cultivation techniques.

……

Old Ghost Forest.

As soon as Chen Yang entered the Old Ghost Forest, he sensed that something was amiss.

The woods were quiet, without the chirping of sparrows, but sparrow corpses were scattered all over the ground.

Scattered here and there, there are quite a few of them.

Rain fell on the leaves, dripping down, creating a particularly eerie atmosphere in the woods.

Chen Yang arrived at the big locust tree.

The old locust tree is still in the same place, just like before.

There were many dead sparrows piled up under the tree, but no one knew where the other sparrows had gone.

The once bustling old Guilin suddenly became deathly quiet.

"Old Huai, what happened?" Chen Yang asked hurriedly.

The old locust tree shook its branches and transmitted its voice, "These sparrows have contracted some kind of plague. Around noon, many of them suddenly fell ill. Some went mad and attacked their companions indiscriminately, while others died instantly. A whole bunch of them died at once, and the remaining sparrows, frightened, all flew away..."

"Plague?"

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow and casually nudged a few sparrow corpses with his foot. Some of them had no external injuries, but their bodies were stiff, which indeed looked like they had died from some kind of sudden illness.

However, a large number of them had obvious external injuries, indicating that they died in mutual fighting.

He used radar to cover the entire Old Ghost Forest, where sparrow corpses were everywhere, numbering at least a hundred.

A plague that caused a sudden, widespread death?

Is it bird flu?

Chen Yang frowned slightly. If these birds were carrying the virus, what would happen if they were allowed to fly around everywhere?
"You said they are sparrows from out of town? When did they arrive?" Chen Yang asked.

The old locust tree said, "They came around dusk the day before yesterday. There were probably several hundred of them. The dozen or so that led the way had all developed sentience, but their intelligence wasn't high. Judging from their accents, they didn't seem to be local sparrows, but as for where they were from, I couldn't say. I asked them, but they wouldn't tell me..."

Chen Yang felt something was off.

Logically speaking, while disease can cause widespread death, it shouldn't lead to birds killing each other.

Moreover, in such a sparrow population, with only a few hundred sparrows, isn't it a bit too high that a dozen or so have developed spiritual awareness?

Chen Yang picked up a sparrow's corpse, and with a light flick of his finger, a sword aura cleaved open the sparrow's belly.

He examined the sparrow carefully and found no lesions in its internal organs, nor any obvious signs of poisoning.

But how could so many people have died so suddenly?

For a moment, Chen Yang couldn't figure it out with the naked eye.

The old locust tree said, "Chen Yang, could you help me clean up these bird carcasses? I don't want them carrying any disease that might infect me..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang was both amused and exasperated.

You're just a tree, why would you be afraid of getting bird flu?

He didn't say much, because the cause of death of these sparrows was unknown, and Chen Yang didn't dare to use the bone-eating beetle rashly.

All items were added to the system repository.

The sparrows died rather strangely; he planned to go back and investigate further.

"Do you know where they went?" Chen Yang asked.

The old locust tree shook its branches. "It went out of the forest. I have no way of knowing what's happening outside. By the way, could you please take a look at my current cultivation level? How far am I from the Creation Realm? I really want to break through to the Creation Realm as soon as possible, like Elder Hua and the others, and leave this forest to see the scenery outside..."

"I'm afraid there's still some distance to go."

Chen Yang chuckled dryly, "I'm not very familiar with the cultivation of your spiritual plants, but you can ask Elder Hua, Elder Huang, and Elder Wu for guidance..."

It was indeed tired of staying in this forest.

Chen Yang took two bottles of [Plant Growth Essence] and tossed them to it, saying, "If those sparrows come back, please keep them here..."

"Keep them?"

The old locust tree paused for a moment, then said, "Why keep them? These birds probably have a plague..."

"You can just keep it. You are a spiritual plant, so even if there is a plague, it won't infect you."

……

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Down the mountain, at the old Chen family residence.

It was past one o'clock in the morning, and the rain outside was getting heavier, with water dripping incessantly from the eaves.

Chen Yang was not sleepy, so he took out two dead sparrows.

He became a master of anatomy.

The old locust tree said the sparrows had contracted a plague, but Chen Yang didn't believe it.

The sparrows' internal organs all appeared normal, and they did not seem to have died of disease.

Moreover, how could it be such a coincidence that so many sparrows died of disease at the same time?
It could be poisoning.

It could be due to some external force, such as a mental attack.

Or they may be controlled by some force, such as a master beast tamer who controls them and makes them kill each other.

Chen Yang even had doubts about the old locust tree.

But he couldn't figure out what motive the old locust tree could have for killing the sparrows.

So they can cultivate using their flesh and blood?
If that's the case, the old locust tree wouldn't let him help dispose of the sparrow carcasses. Besides, these sparrows don't even have two ounces of meat, so how could they be of any help to the old locust tree?
Even if the old locust tree had such an intention, it would be impossible for it to pull such a stunt under his nose.

Therefore, the old locust tree's motive can be ruled out.

"Old Tree, Old Leaf, what do you think?"

Chen Yang wasn't afraid of any plague at all. He dissected the two sparrows' corpses and examined them carefully, but couldn't find anything wrong with them.

Master Wu Lei said, "I think it's most likely poisoning."

"Poisoning?"

Chen Yang frowned slightly. "I don't see any signs of poisoning in their corpses."

The Five Thunder Immortal said, "As far as I know, there is a strange poison in Raojiang called 'Heart-Eating Powder,' which is known as the most extraordinary poison in the world. Those who are poisoned will lose their minds and become extremely aggressive."

"I've heard that this poison can also corrupt the primordial spirit. Once you're poisoned by it, you can only suppress it temporarily with powerful cultivation. It's said that even the person who created this strange poison doesn't have an antidote. It's extremely domineering."

……

After listening, Chen Yang shook his head, "It's unlikely to be the Heart-Eating Powder."

"Oh?" Master Wu Lei was a little surprised.

Chen Yang said, "I understand the Heart-Eating Powder, and I've even seen people poisoned by it. Those poisoned do lose their minds and become extremely aggressive. If these sparrows were poisoned by the Heart-Eating Powder, there couldn't possibly be only a hundred or so sparrow corpses in the forest..."

"This poison spreads like a zombie virus, from one to ten, from ten to a hundred. Moreover, those poisoned will attack any living thing in their line of sight. If any of these sparrows are infected with the Heart-Eating Powder, and even one of them becomes infected, I'm afraid the entire population will be wiped out, leaving only a pile of corpses..."

"As you can see, although these sparrows attacked each other, some of the corpses actually didn't have any external injuries..."

When it comes to understanding the Heart-Eating Powder, Chen Yang is definitely more knowledgeable than Wu Lei Zhenren.

The Five Thunder Immortals may have only heard of the legends surrounding this extraordinary poison, but Chen Yang had actually seen it for himself.

The second volume of the "Poison Classic" also provides a detailed description of this number one poison.

Based on Chen Yang's professional perspective, the possibility of it being the Heart-Eating Powder is very low.

"So what are your thoughts?" asked the Five Thunder Immortal.

Chen Yang said, "You've reminded me. Although the possibility of it being the Heart-Eating Powder is slim, I've remembered another kind of poison."

"what?"

"To be precise, it's not poison, but medicine, a medicine called Qiling San."

Chen Yang gave the answer with a serious expression.

"Awakening Spirit Powder?" Five Thunder Immortal was slightly taken aback.

Chen Yang nodded slightly. "That's right, Qi Ling San. This medicine was originally passed down from the Li family of the Sword Sect."

"The Li family of Jianmen is most skilled at cultivating spiritual plants. They have a family recipe called Qiling San, which can help spiritual plants gain intelligence. It is effective not only for some old plants, but also for some insects with lower intelligence. However, it is almost ineffective for animals with higher life levels."

(End of this chapter)